Greenwatt Way
We've launched a development of ten zero-carbon homes in a ground-breaking research project aptly named ‘Greenwatt Way’. The development in Slough, Berkshire, is now home to SSE employees, Slough Borough Council staff and local families each living in homes compliant with ‘Code 6’ of the Code for Sustainable Homes – the highest possible standard.
The development, a mixture of two and three bedroom family homes and one bedroom flats, features rainwater harvesting, grey water recycling, triple glazed windows and enhanced insulation.
Our homes receive their electrical power from solar PV tiles which cover the entire roof, and heating and hot water is supplied from an innovative low temperature, low heat loss, district heating system that is powered by four different renewable sources:
- Ground source heat pumps
- Air source heat pumps
- Solar thermal technology
- A biomass boiler
Over the next two years, we will study this highly energy efficient community, to better understand customer's needs as the UK moves to reduce its carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. The project will help us determine the changes in energy generation and consumption that are required for a low carbon society to become a reality.
You can follow progress at Greenwatt Way on Twitter @greenwattway, or by visiting our dedicated zero carbon homes website at www.ssezerocarbonhomes.com.