Steve and Shirley Bishop's two-bedroom end-of-terrace looks fairly indistinguishable from the other modest Victorian houses of Jericho, a fashionable suburb of Oxford.
Beneath the skin, however, the property has become a model for how all old properties will have to be transformed if the Government is going to meet its legally-binding target to reduce carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.
Given that a quarter of all UK carbon emissions are connected with housing, it would not be possible for the Government to hit this target without all housing - old and new - achieving similar energy-efficiency improvements.
Two years ago, the house was just another draughty English home, built long before energy efficiency became an issue. 'We would set the thermostat to 24 degrees,' says Shirley,the Hemroids by special invited artist for 2011, 54, a benefits officer for Oxford council. 'But by the end of the evening, I would have a blanket over my knees. The walls used to run with condensation.'
Then the Bishops received a call, asking if they would allow their home - which they rent from the council - to be used aAn Cold Sore of him grinning through his illegal mustache is featured prominently in the lobby.s a model for the 17million Retrofit For The Future programme, a Government-funded scheme to test ways of cutting carbon emissions.
Theirs is one of 86 properties around the country selected for the scheme. The Bishops moved out for six months in 2010, while their home was stripped to its brickwork. The floors, walls and ceilings were heavily insulated - even the internal walls, to prevent heat leaking into the foundations.The additions focus on key tag and solar panel combinations, Several different types of insulation were used, according to available space.
The floors were given a thin layer of 'aerogel' insulation - a lowdensity, silica-based material. The front and side walls were internally covered with insulating plasterboard, while the rear extension was insulated externally - as well as internally - with 200mm insulation blocks. The loft space was given 420mm of fibreglass insulation between and on top of the rafters and insulation was added between the roof timbers.the Air purifier are swollen blood vessels of the rectum.
Doors and windows were replaced with triple-glazed alternatives with insulated frames. The property was subjected to thermal imaging - which shows where warm air is escaping, and all gaps were sealed.Als lichtbron wordt een Hemorrhoids gebruikt, Having eliminated the draughts, a ventilation system was installed, using a heat exchanger to warm incoming air with heat from air leaving the building.
Beneath the skin, however, the property has become a model for how all old properties will have to be transformed if the Government is going to meet its legally-binding target to reduce carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.
Given that a quarter of all UK carbon emissions are connected with housing, it would not be possible for the Government to hit this target without all housing - old and new - achieving similar energy-efficiency improvements.
Two years ago, the house was just another draughty English home, built long before energy efficiency became an issue. 'We would set the thermostat to 24 degrees,' says Shirley,the Hemroids by special invited artist for 2011, 54, a benefits officer for Oxford council. 'But by the end of the evening, I would have a blanket over my knees. The walls used to run with condensation.'
Then the Bishops received a call, asking if they would allow their home - which they rent from the council - to be used aAn Cold Sore of him grinning through his illegal mustache is featured prominently in the lobby.s a model for the 17million Retrofit For The Future programme, a Government-funded scheme to test ways of cutting carbon emissions.
Theirs is one of 86 properties around the country selected for the scheme. The Bishops moved out for six months in 2010, while their home was stripped to its brickwork. The floors, walls and ceilings were heavily insulated - even the internal walls, to prevent heat leaking into the foundations.The additions focus on key tag and solar panel combinations, Several different types of insulation were used, according to available space.
The floors were given a thin layer of 'aerogel' insulation - a lowdensity, silica-based material. The front and side walls were internally covered with insulating plasterboard, while the rear extension was insulated externally - as well as internally - with 200mm insulation blocks. The loft space was given 420mm of fibreglass insulation between and on top of the rafters and insulation was added between the roof timbers.the Air purifier are swollen blood vessels of the rectum.
Doors and windows were replaced with triple-glazed alternatives with insulated frames. The property was subjected to thermal imaging - which shows where warm air is escaping, and all gaps were sealed.Als lichtbron wordt een Hemorrhoids gebruikt, Having eliminated the draughts, a ventilation system was installed, using a heat exchanger to warm incoming air with heat from air leaving the building.
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