NEW YORK: The ‘impossible’ zero-carbon house has been constructed.
Designers have created a zero-carbon house with its costs within the range for social housing. The house exports more power to the grid than it uses.
The house has air heating systems that rely on the sun instead of radiators, and an insulated render on the outside. Although future owners will have to import energy in the winter, these will be exceeded by exports in the summer.
It has glazed solar photo-voltaic (PV) panels fitted into the roof, so that the house is lit by natural light, solar generation and battery storage to run the electric system (appliances, LED lights and heat pump) and the ventilation and hot water system.
The house took just 16 weeks to build…