Benson Place, North Oxford

Energy-saving improvements

  • 'Big' insulation works
    'Big' insulation works
  • Glazing
    Glazing
  • Lighting systems and electrical appliances
    Lighting systems and electrical appliances
  • High spec heating
    High spec heating
  • Renewables: electricity
    Renewables: electricity
  • Lifestyle change
    Lifestyle change

Location

Benson Place
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX2 6QH

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1960s end of terrace. www.oxfordgreenhouse.co.uk.

  • High levels of insulation in the walls, roof and floor
  • New brick wall to create second cavity for insulation
  • High levels of airtightness
  • Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR)
  • Triple glazed windows
  • Solar PV
  • Solar thermal
  • Thermal store
  • Wood burning boiler stove
  • Under floor heating
  • LED lighting
  • Low flow plumbing
  • New kitchen

For illustrations of the project see https://pushingyoursketchingboundaries.com/2020/07/16/oxford-green-house/
by Isabel Carmona @isacarand

 

 

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Additional information

MVHR C00 Isometric (PDF, 243kB)

Location

Benson Place
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX2 6QH

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Opening times

TBA

Other

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