Clay Fields affordable eco-homes development, Elmswell, Suffolk, UK.
The Clay Fields eco-homes development in Elmswell Suffolk, is branded by its designers as "eco-minimalist" because it lacks any solar panelling or wind turbines. Launched in 2008, the £ scheme was designed by architects Riches Hawley Mikhail for Orwell Housing Association in partnership with Elmswell parish council, Mid-Suffolk district council and the Suffolk Preservation Society, with funding including £630,000 of social housing grant. The houses are built around getting as much natural solar gain as possible, heat and daylight energy replace gas and electricity with giant windows facing south to optimise sunlight. Of the 26 homes, 16 are for affordable rent and 10 for shared ownership, all aimed at locals. There are 13 two-bedroom houses, three three-bedroom houses and four one-bed flats. The main energy-saving investment is a shared biomass boiler built with a £100,000 grant from the Low Carbon Building Trust, which is fuelled by woodchips sourced locally.
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Location: Clay Fields, Elmswell, Suffolk, UK.
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