The Sustainable Show House at the 2010 Sustainable Building Show is the protype of Solearth's forthcoming modular pre-designed house, it is a 3 bedroom family home comprising 170sqm part 2 storey and part single storey.
House PLUS+ 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 even become a terrace for urban environments.
Built by Dempsey Timber Engineering, it intergrates as standard the design approaches, features and equipment required to live a heathy low impact lifestyle while contributing to the planet, using almost no fuel and creating zero CO2 emissions. Importantly it's full of light, encourages seasonal variation in how one relates to gardens and the outside and is made of natural materials making it's a delight to occupy.
Eco features (effectively quality of life/future proofing assets) are;
Super Wall
The H version is made of Hempcretewalls (around a timber frame)
The W version is timber frame with sheepswool and other natural insulations
Walls, roofs and windows are airtight but ventilation is designed to be natural and continuous using our special passive heat recovery ventilation system.
Radiant Centre - a radiant massive heat source situated to give constant (renewable) trickle of heat from the house's centre, elsewhare radiant wall heat delivery (Variotherm system)
Passive Heat Recovery Ventialtion (PHRV). The system combines 3 simple technologies - preheaters heat the incoming air, trap outgoing heat and refresh the house from all sides without reliance on pumps, fans or filters.
Rainwater storage and use in WCs, washing machines etc.
Productive Roof - the house formintegrates enough photovoltaic and solar thermal panels to potenially power the whole house and collect rainwater to radically reduce water charges
Dry Toliets - mixing nutrient rich waste and clean water ruins both precious substances and House PLUS+ will show how a comfortable sanitary bathroom can be had with modern dry toilets (low flow WCs as a fall back)
Energy ratings ranging from A2 Passive to A3 with natural materials and zero CO2 emissions in both cases
On appropriate sites the house is designed to be extended
For further details on Solearth Ecological Architecture visit www.solearth.com tel: +353 (0) 1 4005790 or info@solearth.com
For further details on Dempsey Timer Engineering visit www.dte.ie tel: +353 (0) 402 31704 sales@dte.ie
Opening times
7th -9th October
2010
Thurs 7th: 11.00-20.00
Fri 8th: 11.00-20.00
Sat 9th: 10.00-17.00
Now in its 41st year the Building Exhibition is Ireland\'s biggest, busiest, most innovative and most professionally organised construction Show. For more visit www.irishbuildingexhibition.com
13 Rock Hill, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)1 288 8821 Fax: +353 (0) 1 288 3127
