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

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.