Zetland Road Homes in Chorlton Manchester, Eco Houses, Retrofit Buildings
Zetland Road Homes in Chorlton
Manchester Victorian Townhouses Sustainable Buildings, North West England, UK
11 Jan 2019
Zetland Road Homes in Chorlton
Architects: Kit Knowles (Ecospheric) and Chris Rodgers (Guy Taylor Associates)
Location: 6 Zetland Road, Chorlton, Manchester M21 8TH, England, UK
Eco Victorian Townhouses in Manchester

Europe’s firstPassivhaus Enerphit Plus homes are Victorian townhouses in Manchester. They meet the world’s toughest performance standards set by the renowned German Passivhaus Institute.

The homes demonstrate what a sustainable retrofit can achieve for Victorian buildings. Now the buildings:

require no central heating; will save homeowners £5000 per annum in bills and maintenance;
generate more power than they use, so occupants can sell excess electricity back to the national grid;
outperform 99.9% of new build properties through their design and deployment of numerous world first technologies including Nobel prize winning super material, Graphene;
relieve hay-fever, rhinitis and asthma by cleansing airborne germs and particulates from the home, controlling humidity and minimising mould;
and much more.

“Period semi-detached properties represent a huge proportion of the UK’s housing stock, yet they are one of the trickiest formats to upgrade. It’s critical that planners, architects and builders explore and define appropriate methods to...