An innovative new housing prototype that incorporates roof-integrated solar photovoltaics and air-source heat pumps as an energy storage system has been unveiled, with the designers claiming that the building will make domestic energy bills ‘obsolete’. The Zero Bills home could provide enough energy to cover annual household bills in excess of £1300 while also contributing £1000 to annual car fuel costs. The prototype is aiming to be assessed under BRE’s new Home Quality Mark which provides a star rating system for the sustainability of new homes.
Edie 7th March 2016 read more »