Dorset Greener Homes 2022

23 Sep - 1 Oct 2022

Sailcloth House, Bridport

Energy-saving improvements

  • 'Big' insulation works
    'Big' insulation works
  • Glazing
    Glazing
  • Lighting systems and electrical appliances
    Lighting systems and electrical appliances
  • High spec heating
    High spec heating
  • Renewables: electricity
    Renewables: electricity
  • Sustainable building materials
    Sustainable building materials
  • Recommended
    Recommended

Location

Sailcloth House, Rax Lane
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 3JN

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Near Passive house  withTimber frame 

Sam and Sarah lived in an old mill house in the Bride valley, but felt that driving into Bridport two or three times a day was not sustainable, and decided to move into town.  The Christian Science building had been vacant for 10 years, and they demolished it to build a house with two flats, which are rented out..

The building is made of structurally Insulated panels (SIPs) made of wood, and filled with sustainable wood fibre insulation (Pavaflex), with further wood fibre boards (Steico)  on the outside. Part of the house is clad with Siberian Larch, the rest has a Baumit system lime render.The windows are triple glazed windows filled with inert gas. The house is near passivhaus standard, with an EPC efficiency rating of A (97). 

This building is air-tight, with  Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) preheating the fresh air from the expelled stale air. The high level of insulation means little heating is required, but on very cold days 
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nderfloor heating (UFH)  and domestic hot water are heated by an Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) on the roof. This extracts heat from the air outside.  The house benefits from a Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) for seven years to contribute to the price of the heat pump.

14 Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels produce up to 4.5lW, and charge up a 9.3 kWh battery on sunny days; any excess electricity is diverted to the Zappi electric car charger, to appliances and then to the grid. An export tariff of  15p per kWh is paid  Solar thermal panels are also being considered for phase 2.

Sam and Sarah monitor their energy use and now have two years' worth of figures. Space heating last year took 1600 units of electricity, or £240 at last years rates.

 

 

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Additional information

Details of the construction of Sailcloth House (PDF, 299kB)

Location

Sailcloth House, Rax Lane
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 3JN

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Opening times

Please get in touch at dorsetgreenerhomes@gmail.com if you would like to discuss our home or to come and visit

This event has now finished.

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