ECD Project Wins the Inside Housing Low Energy Social Housing Project of the Year Awards 2009

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:32:53 +0000

ECD Court Farm Road ‘Retrofit & Replicate’ has been awarded winner of the Inside Housing magazine’s Low Energy Social Housing Project of the Year Award 2009. The Inside Housing Sustainable Housing Awards celebrate ‘the projects and organisations at the forefront of housing sustainability best practice.’

Announced Friday, 23 October at the London Hilton Hotel, the award was received by client, Hyde Housing Association, and the ceremony was attended by members of the design team (ECD Architects, Keegans and Mears).

Retrofit & Replicate involved the refurbishment of a 3-bedroom, non-descript, brick terrace house built in the 1930s with a flat roofed rear extension added in the 1980s. As an average family home, typical of Hyde Housing Association’s stock, the house underlines the purpose of the project to identify replicable solutions for reducing CO2 which can be used in everyday homes right across the country.

The new residents were selected on their willingness to be involved in an ongoing comprehensive monitoring to determine energy consumption. Provided with an understanding of how best to maximise the energy savings in their new home, the property continues to be monitored for the level of CO2 emissions and ultimately the cost effectiveness of the different technologies employed throughout the property.

ECD Winner NHIC Awards

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:30:57 +0000

ECD Court Farm Road ‘Retrofit & Replicate’ has been awarded winner of two awards at the National Home Improvement Council Awards 2009:

• The Big Green Home Award
• The George Plucknett Award

The Big Green Home Award was presented to the project which demonstrated the widest range of energy efficiency products, measures and microgeneration technologies to be retro fitted, maximising cost/payback and CO2 savings. Judges comments reviewing the ECD submission stated:

The judges were impressed by the range of solutions the products utilised, which combined to deliver a predicted 85% reduction in the house energy consumption and a potential £600 saving on the annual energy bills. It is a great example of what can be applied to the social housing sector, addressing fuel poverty and CO2 emmissions.

The George Plucknett Award is presented to the organization which has completed a project htat most closely fulfils the objectives of the NHIC. The winning entry is chosen from the winners and finalists from all categories of the NHIC Awards and so represents an outstanding level of achievement. Judges comments in nominating Court Farm Road stated:

Winner of Category 7 [Big Green Home Award], another facet of this project is to establish what it is like to live in an energy efficient home. As a result ‘post occupancy’ interviews are being conducted to assess residents’ to the eco-measrues employed and the impact these measures are having on comfort and satisfaction at Court Farm Road.

The NHIC represents companies and organisations that work in the home improvement sector and they earnestly believe in higher standards of materials and workmanship, backed up with codes of practice, guarantees and warranties.

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ECD Project Wins the Inside Housing Low Energy Social Housing Project of the Year Awards 2009

ECD Winner NHIC Awards