InCrops Project

InCrops has taken over the lease of the Renewable House at BRE.
 
The Renewable House, part of the BRE Innovation Park in Watford, was built in 2009 to demonstrate that mainstream affordable homes can be constructed from renewable materials - meeting both housing demands and environmental targets.

Ben Binns, Business Innovation Manager for the Built Environment at InCrops, is developing new partnerships and a new marketing plan to showcase the house and renewable materials in general. Partners include LimeTechnology, Archial Architects, NNFCC, BRE and Mohawk (a subsidiary of DuPont), but new partners are expected to come onboard in the next few months. There are still opportunities to join the Renewable House project and showcase materials, expertise or developments. Please contact Ben Binns at if you would like more information.

                         

The Renewable House has been built using renewable materials such as a timber frame, hemp and lime and wool insulation. It meets Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes with a significantly minimised embodied CO2.   The Renewable House is designed to deliver an affordable house with a build cost of £75,000, excluding groundworks whilst offering easy enhancement to meet Levels 5 and 6 and Passivhaus certification.
 
The Renewable House is currently being refurbished in time for BRE's INSITE11, www.insite11.com a two-day event at BRE that combines an exhibition of over fifty refurbishment and new build innovations.
Free to attend with advance registration or £35 on the day.