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EcoPLUS+ The Diamond

EcoPLUS+ is more than a house; it’s a system for living sustainably and an environment for staying healthy, positive and refreshed. It can adapt to different site shapes and conditions and can be modified to form a terrace for urban environments.

Built by Dempsey Timber Engineering and designed by Solearth Ecological Architecture with Energy 365 engineers, it integrates as standard the design approaches, features and equipment required to live a healthy low impact lifestyle while contributing to the planet, using minimal fuel and creating zero CO2 emissions. As importantly, it is full of light, encourages seasonal variation in how one relates to outside and is constructed of natural materials making it a delight to occupy.

Eco features (effectively quality of life/ future proofing assets) are:

  • Super walls – insulated to give a U value of 0.1WsqmK
  • The H version is made of hempcrete walls (around a timber frame).
  • The W version is timber frame with thermohemp and other natural insulations.
  • The building envelope is airtight but ventilation is designed to be natural and continuous using a passive heat recovery ventilation system
  • Radiant Centre - a radiant massive heat source situated to give constant (renewable) heat from the houses centre with back boiler for hot water
  • Passive Heat Recovery Ventilation (PHRV). The system combines three simple technologies: pre heat the incoming air, trap outgoing heat and refresh the house from all sides without reliance on pumps, fans or filters.
  • Rainwater collection from the roof with storage and reuse in WCs, clothes washers and gardens.
  • Productive Roof: the form of the roof integrates enough photovoltaic and solar thermal panels to power the whole house and potentially sell back to the grid.
  • Dry Toilets- Mixing nutrient rich waste and clean water ruins both precious substances, ecoPLUS + offers a comfortable sanitary bathroom with modern dry toilets.
  • Energy ratings ranging from A2 Passive to A3 with natural materials and zero Co2 emissions in both cases

EcoPlus + is available to order and a 3 bedroom and terraced version are on the way. Planning permission must obviously be secured also.

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Project Details

Contract Value:
€185,000 plus localisation, design fees.
Location:
Anywhere

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