Eco House

This house is a ground breaking move for the new home market in Ireland by offering new buyers an option of purchasing a house which is environmentally friendly in every way from the roof top down to the foundations.

It is aimed at the market for selfbuilders and people considering renovating or looking for alternatives to the conventional materials used in home building.

It will feature a design that is visually pleasing and dynamic in its use of materials, technologies and choice of advanced heating, and insulating methods.

The house will be architecturally designed, cost-effective and environmentally conscious, and will offer state of the art technology in products mand systems that can be used to successfully create an energy-efficient home of the future.

Technical Details
The use of an air leakage barrier which is wrapped around windows, doors and floor joists ensures that the house is as close to being airtight as possible. A 195mm I beam stud is used to reduce thermal bridging. The Eco house also contains 195mm environmentally friendly insulation. Depending on the type of insulation used U-values as low as 0.20w/m_k can be achieved, well below the requirements of current building regulations both in Ireland and the UK. The roof space of the house also contains extra insulation.

The Eco house is airtight in that there are no permanent room vents; ventilation and air quality are regulated through the mechanical means of a heat recovery system. This system extracts warm air from the house, while at the same time as taking in fresh air from outside, the air is heated as it goes into the house resulting in no noticeable drop in temperature.

The Eco house contains a glass area at the back of the house which acts as a suntrap and can be used to heat the house.

Eco House - 3 Stages
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Eco House Plans
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Starter Home Plans
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