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TEK Specified by Croudace for Extensive Regeneration Project
30 Mar 2007
Kingspan Off-Site’s innovative TEK Building System has been used to construct 34 new homes as part of the first phase of an extensive redevelopment project by Drum Housing Association in Petersfield, Hampshire. When complete, the project will replace a former social housing estate with 148 affordable, high performance homes, transforming the standard of affordable housing in the area.
Prior to its regeneration, the Grange Road housing estate in Petersfield, consisted of poorly insulated, precast, reinforced concrete properties, which were constructed just after the Second World War and had an expected life span of only 30 years. Drum Housing Association wanted to regenerate the area by replacing the existing properties with affordable, energy efficient and sustainable housing for local people.
Kent based housebuilder, Croudace Homes in Partnership (CHiP) worked with Drum Housing Association on the project and specified the TEK Building System. John Carver, project manager at CHiP commented: “Every aspect of this regeneration project has been carefully considered to ensure it will provide a sustainable community environment, in which people will want to live now and well into the future.
“Building high performance, desirable homes was an essential part of achieving this vision and we specified the TEK Building System as it offered total design flexibility, fast build times and, importantly, very high levels of energy efficiency.”
The new properties on the Grange Road development have been constructed up to three storeys high to make the most of the available space on-site. The homes have been built in a series of courtyards and landscaped areas, each one designed to provide a comfortable, spacious, thermally efficient and enjoyable living environment for residents.
The TEK Building System has a U-Value of just 0.20W/m2K, which will serve to cut the heating bills of the Grange Road properties by up to 80% and reduce carbon emissions by up to 70% compared to traditionally built homes. As such, the TEK Building System has been central to the project securing an EcoHomes rating of ‘Very Good’.
Kingspan Off-Site’s TEK Building System is based on SIPs
(Structural Insulated Panel) technology. It is able to deliver such
a low U-Value due to its composition of 110mm of high performance
rigid urethane insulation, which has a zero ODP (ozone depletion
potential) sandwiched between two sheets of OSB. This thermal
performance is further enhanced by the high level of airtightness
the system delivers, which is achieved by the panel’s unique
sealed jointing system that minimises the amount of air that can
pass through the joints, once constructed.
