For green and country
Panasonic heat pumps have been installed into 33, two, three and four-bedroom new build homes as part of a ‘Homes England’ research project to provide innovative zero carbon ready homes.
Gedling Green, a regenerative housing project in Nottinghamshire, has been developed on an old coal mining colliery site by open-market affordable housing developer Keepmoat Homes. Panasonic’s Aquarea J Series units with smart controls were selected for the research project by Keepmoat, due to their high energy efficiency and low noise characteristics.
Birmingham City University’s (BCU) Centre for Future Homes has been commissioned to carry out research to provide data on the energy and carbon efficiency of the homes to ensure the chosen technology adopted can be scaled up for future developments.
New legislation is due to be introduced this year to make all new homes ‘zero carbon ready’. Looking to meet the government’s Future Homes Standard, Keepmoat Homes received investment from Homes England to promote the advanced delivery of homes designed to the anticipated Future Homes Standard, as well as additional funding from both Halifax and Leeds Building Society to support the evaluation of in occupation feedback from customers.
