We have recently been reminded of the A grade EPC rating achieved on our Porters project, a stunning result. The report continues with an assessment on the tonnes of CO2 emitted to run the house - in particular:
'The average household causes about 6 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year. Based on this assessment, your home currently produces approximately -0.8 tonnes of carbon each year.'
If a retired couple along with Touchwood's build method can create a home which is carbon negative (as stated on the EPC's spurious definition of carbon), then the UK building industry has no technical excuse to not do the same! There is no need for the housing minister to create a panel of experts to decide how to build this way, Passivhaus has the answers.
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