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The first six eco homes pioneered by offsite construction specialist, Project Etopia<\/a> have been officially rated as better than zero carbon<\/h2>\n

The eco homes, to be constructed at the company\u2019s development, Etopia Corby<\/a> in Northamptonshire, achieved an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) score of 103\u00a0<\/strong>out of 100 on average, using the government\u2019s Standard Assessment Procedure<\/a> (SAP).<\/p>\n

On average, the homes tested prevent 0.525 tonnes of CO2 being emitted into the atmosphere each year by feeding surplus energy back into the grid, rather than producing CO2 like most homes. This equates to 13.125 tonnes of CO2 removed from the atmosphere during the course of a 25-year mortgage.<\/p>\n

Homes that achieve a score of 100 are given an \u2018A\u2019 rating under the EPC testing regime. The average UK home achieves a \u2018D\u2019 EPC rating and emits 6 tonnes of CO2 each year.<\/p>\n

Using this figure, Etopia has calculated that, over the course of a 25-year mortgage, the tested eco homes<\/a> would make a positive contribution of 163.125 tonnes of CO2 compared to the average UK house.<\/p>\n

If every one of the 178,790 new build homes completed in England last year were Etopia homes with this level of performance, that would equate to 29.16m tonnes of CO2 being removed from the atmosphere over 25 years.<\/p>\n

The tested Etopia eco homes are located at its 47-unit development in The Avenue at Priors Hall Park.<\/p>\n

Air tightness<\/h3>\n

Etopia also revealed the first house tested has performed twice as efficiently as the Passivhaus standard<\/a> when it comes to air tightness\u00a0too, an element that contributes massively to its energy performance.<\/p>\n

Air tightness tests carried out under the Air Tightness Testing & Measurement Association (ATTMA) procedure establish how well homes conserve energy by measuring the amount of air changes per hour in a property with doors and windows closed.<\/p>\n

Homes meeting the Passivhaus standard must achieve 0.6 air changes per hour at 50 pascals (pa) or less, and the Etopia home can achieve up to\u00a00.3 air changes per hour at 50pa.<\/p>\n

Etopia is believed to be the first housebuilder to deliver a home with an SAP score as high as 105.<\/p>\n

\u2018Smash\u2019 eco ambitions<\/h3>\n

Joseph Danels, CEO of Etopia, said:\u00a0\u201cThese are phenomenal results for us as an MMC specialist.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have designed these homes to smash through the eco ambitions set by national and international bodies. The early evidence is that the team and the build system have excelled themselves and these Etopia homes are setting new benchmarks for our competitors to meet.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur system was designed to combine energy, construction and intelligence to provide a truly scalable, green and economically viable building system.<\/p>\n

“Our homes at Corby embody the huge potential of offsite construction<\/a> and we have proven that modern housing can help tackle climate change while providing the homes of the future that will end the housing crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are setting the benchmark for the three pillars of ESG real estate \u2014 environmental, social and governance.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur communities in Britain are more ecologically and environmentally aware than they have ever been, and comfortable homes that produce more energy than they need are now an affordable reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

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