Did make me chuckle. As someone who works for a developer that comment is why we don't add things that will cost us more. Instead we put in the cheapest thing we can as people won't pay for stuff that will save them money. Instead we are driven by the local market value. I wish people would pay more for items that will benefit them long run but they just don't and mortgage companies don't. Recognise the benefit either.
@@dcanmore And all because the Conservatives removed the maximum borrowing cap in the 1980s. This controlled the maximum amount of money a bank was allowed to let you borrow,. Before that you were allowed to borrow 2.5x your salary & 1x your partners. So the average mortgage today would be about £140,000 and these houses would cost a more reasonable about £250,000.
@@ianmurray250 so you like the idea of people borrowing more than they can pay for? We have done that a few times, and it always seems to lead to a collapse, and people lose their homes, and banks get to make a fortune off of people's misfortune!
I'd like to suggest a bicycle locking station next to the rental car. Someone nearby could bike (ebike) to where the car is, lock up their bike, then take the car into the city etc.
Yeah disappointing that they managed not to mention bikes at all whilst espousing their green credentials. secure and convenient bike parking, closer to the front door than the car parking, big enough for a cargo bike, with a wide-enough door and charging is the new standard. At least in Cambridge the local plan already requires most of this, but I guess most places say nothing about the subject. There was no sign of connectivity to the existing nearby housing either (other than cycling down the main road, which probably isn't great).
iI's about 200m to the car parking slot from the furthest-away house. I think most people can walk that far. But yeah bike parking is always good. And he did say that people could come from elsewhere - those really would want somewhere to lock their bike.
@@user-jt1jv8vl9r You can already buy such a vehicle (I own one - it's great). But that's an e-moped not an e-bike. The speed limit of 15 for vehicles deemed to be 'cycles' and allowed to use cycle paths is sensible policy because bikes and pedestrians are mixed together in millions of location across the country. Speed differential matters. I agree that a 30mph-capable vehicle for a 15 mile each-way commute makes a lot of sense, otherwise it takes an annoyingly long time. Mine was 12 miles and cycling it every day was about 55mins each way - so I got the moped. The main catch is that you don't get to pedal on a moped so it's cold in winter. There are moped-speed machines that you can pedal too so you might prefer to get yourself one of those.
@@nc3826 I am based in California my day job is growing smokable ham flower but I am also doing research projects with fibre and green varieties finding the most success with Chinese land races thus far on the fibre production side
@@tonydeveyra4611 I'm guessing smokable ham flower and Chinese land races are nicknames for the species.... Nice to see a high hurd/blast producer is also on your radar too, since CBD seems like the main focus for most ppl for now.... FWIW there are a few Hempcrete Block producers outside of the USA that are trying to start production in the USA in the next year. But they both are not that close to California.... and there so much new tech that will bring down the cost of processing it... it should become a far more cost effective options for builders... good luck...
I wish these types of videos provided actual specs and drawings. Did they actually use hempcrete or did they just use hemp wool? I’m planning a hempcrete house is North Carolina but it is very hard convincing architects and builders to use a product that is newer to the USA.
Their content has been driven by the pandemic. That’s the sole reason why the majority of episodes have been vehicle centric. Once the C-19 shackles are removed, Fully Charged Show will be free to spread its wings. Hopefully , back to its roots.
It's naive to expect EV cars will solve all the worlds problems. But they are definitely part of the solution, not least the battery storage they offer in future, for the grid.
When children are at the school gates on a winters day, parents in their cars running there heating and exhausts belching carbon monoxide...I know what type of vehicles I would prefer waiting for them!
@@TheGearHunter all the aspects of this development are brilliant but the focus not only of this project but most governments on electric vehicles is stupid while they ignore the simple potential of compressed air vehicles. Simple technology and no rare mineral inputs just cleaning the air during it's use.
We are working on it as a developer to do much of what was just said in the film but with standard houses competing with big developers and ours is made offsite rather than onsite. So watch this space it is happening and we are not the only ones.
Very cool.. really like the imbedded solar roof. It does seem a little bit of a shame that they aren't already at 100% of them with batteries. Just seems like a natural thing to put in a house designed from the ground up to be a highly self sustainable home.
Only down side I see is cooling. The point of installing raised above the roof is it allows air flow. Wonder how they allow cooling? Useing the electric car batteries as storage is probably a better use of batteries. Most cars spend most of their time parked.
@@Ed.R They don't cool, they just do better in more moderate climates, you will lose some kWh's though with integrated PV like that. Looks incredible though, no?
Robert, I like this episode very much! I'm a former automotive engineer that for many different reasons changed to energy efficiency in buildings... You hit many nails on the head in a single episode, congratulations!
Most houses are _already built_ and it is these we need to improve. New houses are all well and good, but how do you reduce the problem of the existing housing stock without having to wait for them to all fall down and get replaced?
@@fullychargedshow Good to hear. Maybe stretching the definition of 'everyday' , but a case in point... I had an architect recommend using internal sips to improve insulation of a 150 year old stone walled building, but I find lots of information saying that these buildings need to be thermally leaky to prevent moisture building up in the stone, and causing damp problems. Basically the building needs to breathe. How do you reduce the carbon footprint of problem buildings?
My pad has been carbon-negative for years. Soon my driving will be as well, via bi-directional charging. Share this video to those “mediocre legislators” and those mediocre thinking Luddite friends. ONE PLANET !
Great to see. I think it's important with new housing developments that they are connected to town centres with easy and safe walking and cycling routes. Too many are plonked on the edge of towns and cities with little to no connection other than roads, which simply induces more car journeys and road building. In my mind it's as important as the buildings themselves.
There's been a "car-club" where I live for several decades now, (yes, DECADES:), and in the last few years I've seen shared e-bike/e-moped systems appearing around us. Having a shared-resource approach built into a community is a very good idea, and a step in the right direction.
Great video. Great to se what can be done today. I love that you bring out other content than cars, also boats, bicycles, wind turbines and other green energy production facilities. Also very nice to se Robert so active again. For a period it seems he was buried in paperwork instead of participating in the videos.
I would love to hear from the architects of these houses, understanding the decisions they’ve made on the house designs and how they help make the house carbon negative.
Good direction for construction. Makes sense How much are these houses? . They look very big. The smaller the household, the bigger the house. The "affordable houses" aren't really affordable. The occupants can part own it. Shared ownership is one of the many tools introduced to inflate house prices. A nation of buy to let addicted to rising house prices. No wonder the young are alienated.
Love what you are doing Ian & James. It’s so important your work and achievements get the public exposure they deserve to help other developers to follow suit. It can be done!
Need more of this in the states, but affordable. Houses come up so quickly with no thought on emissions, let alone longevity, in 'planned' communities :c
This project looks totally legit. He asked the right questions and they gave mostly the right answers. Not greenwashing at all. Would be interested to revisit the car sharing after a few years and find out whether it was regularly used or whether they had to run it at a big loss.
Whilst I fully support the idea of building to such standards I am somewhat wary of the running cost claims. Could you return to the site in 12-24 months and study the real world bills for a couple of the houses. Also check out the success rate of using solar PV to Heat and Cook during such prolonged no sun, cold wind, periods as those we had last November into December. There were days when my PV panels produced NO electricity for three days in a row! Looking forward to more such programmes.
Great project. Start undercutting “contemporary builds” on price and watch the uptake. If we can find alternative financing methods (rather than the accepted mortgage system) then it becomes a no-brainer. Great work.The ball is starting to roll!!
Love all shows on energy efficiency in homes, businesses and vehicles.Wasting energy anywhere wastes money. An energy efficient home is more comfortable and is better for your wallet and the planet.
Do you think they mean it, or are they just saying that to keep the ‘greenies’ off their back? I was looking at some Persimmon houses the other day - awful buildings and a car-centric layout of the estates. They make “Mediocre” look like it’s an effort for them.
Excited to hear about the Home series coming on the channel, it's great to see some of the tech and initiatives that are coming, especially with the recommendations about new boilers in the news.
Coincidentally, I was searching online for houses like this, on the day the video was released, in Wales. I wish there were more of them and they were easier to find - if there are more of them. One thing that irritated me, as always - wheelie bins in the video. What the *****" is going on with them? They are a blight that never fail to spoil anything they are near.
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Really looking forward to the house series. I've recently moved and i need to do a fair amount of work, i want to be getting solar, batteries, air source and improved windows and insulation so will be watching with keen interest!
Great to see the carbon positive project. BioRegional are always at the cutting edge of sustainable projects. I’ve just converted and extended my house with similar principles. The roof is fully covered with PV shingle from Sunstyle (the first use in the UK). So they are the roof, not on another roof below. I’m not connected to them in any way so I use the name to help others. And I’m managing to generate more than enough power for the house and my electric car. I use the Tesla Power Wall and Zappi charger (thanks to Fully Charged fro the heads up on those). I’ve not had to go down the airtight passive house route to do that, which is my preference to stay connected to nature, so there are other ways to do this. All significant materials used are pretty well zero carbon (CO2 free concrete) or natural products like larch cladding and bamboo floors. Looking forward to more in the series
Fantastic video and really great to see. Would love to see how the heating and hot water works through the winter with low solar generation and the reliance on the grid during those times. More home project videos please! Would also love to see some retrofit projects to inspire what we can do in our already poorly built homes to improve their efficiency.
Beautiful new build houses that I will never be able to afford to live in , I do love this idea of building on all the greenbelt land for unaffordable housing .
Just down t'road from me. All already sold STC by the looks of it. Perhaps Bobby will say that in a sec... :) watchy watchy. 5 bed properties were / are £1.2m. Fantastic though, and the more of this built the cheaper it will get.
Will be researching the one planet initiative! I’m close to carbon neutral with solar, insulation, electric car...just decided I’m going to go negative by adding solar to my daughter’s house 😉
For those viewers living in remote Co. Durham former pit villages, for example, the flats and houses you see here range from 4 to 30 times more than your property would realise. There is zero chance of this sort of thing being built near you unless the minimum legislation jumps to this level tomorrow, and is retrospective for all current construction projects. Move along. (Disclaimer: I live in Co. Durham, bought a 5-bed detached for a bit more than one of those 1-bed flats, and whilst there was an attempt to build similar houses about a decade ago in a village alongside the A1, the developer couldn't sell them so scaled right back on the planned number to only build 4 along with about 200 traditional min-spec homes.)
This is an amazing development, need this globally. Would love to have one of these houses as long as I could have my bees, veggie garden, EV & garage, and fruit trees.
In what kind of country do you live? These houses are now mandatory in most of western europe. At least in country, new houses have to meet very high standard isolation/solar roof electricity/no emission. You cant build a new house now, without having solar panels on it. The problem with all these new very high isolation / zero emision houses is that they get EXTREMELY HOT during the summer. Meaning after some years after people bought those houses, they need to spend another 5000 euro's on air conditioning. And they need to put charging stations for electrical cars in the future.
Very encouraging and shows what can be. Unfortunately most new build homes are absolute minimum standard and full of inefficient appliances. We really do need more of these Eco houses of at least carbon neutral but carbon negative even better. Great video FC Team 👍
Excellent episode, more like it please. It's really uplifting to see a development like that but that's tempered with great frustration when you think that we're in the middle of a house building boom in the UK and most of them are being thrown up as cheap as possible with no effort to reduce their environmental footprints. It's such a massive missed opportunity. Hopefully Greencore get their hands on some more land!
This is great, shops and schools within walking distance, cars and diesel buses are no longer necessary. No forest has been demolished to build this very affordable neighborhood, and I am particularly impressed by this technical feat.
I’ve been visiting just about every property in my town of 11k people in the U.K. what stunned me was the amount of unused or empty homes - I would estimate over 5%.
I'm really looking forward to the home series! Just bought a house and doing research what we can do to make it as CO2 neutral as possible! Perfect timing for this series. I would really like to know how much additional electricity generation you need to have electric under floor heating, heat pump options, etc, etc. Also, it's so much fun to be less dependent on fossil fuels and be more self sufficient, it's just the feeling of self sufficiency that's fun, and saving some monthly recurring expense by investing in your house.
Crikey, Southmoor. I grew up there. It was a much smaller village in those days, and had the A420 main Oxford - Swindon road running through it, now bypassed. British Leyland at Cowley, Oxford, used to ship body panels from Pressed Steel Fisher, Swindon, so the old road could get quite busy at times.
I don't know if it's my tablet screen, but the one guy's shirt looked a bit pink, which in combo with his green sweater, gave him a real Ned Flanders vibe.
Good job Robert ,very pleased for the House series , and we need legislation to improve massively to get the big house builders to build more sustainable and reduce the cost of carbon locking materials down to where average builders can also use them .
Certainly they're more sustainable, affordable, and sensible developments than what's being shown in this video. Car reduction, walkable neighbourhoods, terraces and multi-dwelling units, community focus etc.
Tip for mapping enthusiasts: you can help map new (but also existing) developments on crowdsourced OpenStreetMap, use Mapillary for street-level images
Hempcrete is made of lime and industrial hemp it absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. All housing communities should be pushing for this energy positive and carbon negative homes are the future.
Superb project and great to show the world how feasible this kind of thing is. Obviously the test will be how quickly this concept can trickle down to low and regular income housing developments. Couldn't come soon enough!
Really great to see this, it's a good attempt at creating carbon negative living, but maybe take a look at what ALSET (TESLA backwards) homes are doing for further inspiration.
Great editing . I do want to recognize that not everyone can share a car. Some experts have indicated that no one will own a car in the future because its dumb since the expensive car mostly sits unused and depreciates in value. Sharing a car is a good idea for some occupations in which a primary car is not needed. However, owning a car is necessary for people who work in healthcare such as surgical techs, physicians, and nurses who need to come in for emergency surgery. There are actually many examples. If other people would like to list examples of jobs in which sharing a car (not owning a primary car) does not work, please comment.
Every UK house should be built like this. Every politician, local government official, housing department etc should be made to watch this video and then told to enforce this standard of housing in the UK. Send the link of this video to you local MP. Gas boilers and log burners are polluting the air we all breathe for NO GOOD REASON.
6 of the houses on the development are classified as 'affordable' and are rented at local market rates. And yes, some of those houses are seriously posh and ££££
@@fullychargedshow depends how they rate affordable David Cameron raised the floor on the label affordable up to £450,000 I believe. Also affordable doesn't really mean what we think it should it's a woolly term often used to obfuscate. The term in 2015 effectively meant someone on a living wage of £9 per hour could buy an affordable home in just 2% of council areas in the UK. We have got to have a much bigger discussion in this country about long term housing strategy.
Good to see the launch of the home show. Good timing with the IEA reports roadmap saying no gas boilers by 2025. We are all going to be engaged in this. And it will link with electric cars😊
About the car sharing. It does already exist in some European cities. The one I use in Copenhagen is quite extraordinarily, really. It is often cheaper for the family to rent a BMW or Mercedes to go to the local shopping mall than it is to take the bus. Not all of the cars are electric, but a good many are. Perhaps when travel is allowed again it would make for an interesting episode.
Bicycles, ebikes and escooters are great options for last mile, short distance travel. Cities need to do more to encourage people to ride bicycles by providing safe, protected bike lanes and trails. Every adult and child should own a bicycle and ride it regularly. Bicycles are healthy exercise and fossil fuels free transportation. Electric bicycles are bringing many older adults back to cycling.
we are at the planning stage to build a carbon negative house in the Algarve and we will be using Woodcrete ICL to achieve this. Woodcrete houses are built without having to use mortar, they are just stacked on top of each other. The really exciting thing is the houses can be built very quickly and building sites are incredibly clean and if good fitting doors and windows are used the house is air- tite and the building is passive without having to do any more work. I believe this is the future for mainline building as it much simpler for builders but still provides a building that does not need heating or cooling and is very comfortable to live in.
Yes the concrete is poured into gap in the middle of the blocks to tie everything together. We plan to use greencrete for our house. The local manufacturer of woodcrete claims that an average 3 bed house can be built and made weather proof by two builders in 2 weeks. I truly believe there are compelling reasons to use this method widely.
Well said Ian Pritchett! Insulation in newly constructed homes is still mediocre despite, tech improvements in materials and construction. This can only mean one thing - conventional housebuilders are still getting away maximum profit and minimum quality. It's time that govt addressed the insulation issue ASAP with legislation as the heat pumps and H2 systems recently mooted may be a lot more affordable than suggested.
These standards should be statuary now. I worked in the building industry for a number of years and as the CEO eluded to the current housing stock is shockingly bad. Good luck to these guys .
This just illustrates what can be achieved with clever design and planning - energy efficient homes which don’t cost the Earth. The government needs to adopt this kind of thing as a minimum building standard. Sadly, recent Conservative governments have cut carbon and energy efficiency standards for homes, while promising the opposite.
This is how all houses should be built! The car share needs to be better range than a leaf. Each house can have a runaround, with a long range car for those other occasional trips. Good to hear a high % of "affordable" in the development. Disappointed the developer said "unfortunately we can't yet charge a premium" typical developer looking for £££
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"unfortunately we are not at the stage yet to charge a premium..." That's fine. House prices are high enough as it is, thank you
I caught that too, normally as a business grows you can charge less. Kinda spoils the rest for me
£1.2 million for one of those plots.
Did make me chuckle. As someone who works for a developer that comment is why we don't add things that will cost us more. Instead we put in the cheapest thing we can as people won't pay for stuff that will save them money. Instead we are driven by the local market value. I wish people would pay more for items that will benefit them long run but they just don't and mortgage companies don't. Recognise the benefit either.
@@dcanmore And all because the Conservatives removed the maximum borrowing cap in the 1980s. This controlled the maximum amount of money a bank was allowed to let you borrow,. Before that you were allowed to borrow 2.5x your salary & 1x your partners. So the average mortgage today would be about £140,000 and these houses would cost a more reasonable about £250,000.
@@ianmurray250 so you like the idea of people borrowing more than they can pay for? We have done that a few times, and it always seems to lead to a collapse, and people lose their homes, and banks get to make a fortune off of people's misfortune!
I'd like to suggest a bicycle locking station next to the rental car. Someone nearby could bike (ebike) to where the car is, lock up their bike, then take the car into the city etc.
Yeah disappointing that they managed not to mention bikes at all whilst espousing their green credentials. secure and convenient bike parking, closer to the front door than the car parking, big enough for a cargo bike, with a wide-enough door and charging is the new standard. At least in Cambridge the local plan already requires most of this, but I guess most places say nothing about the subject. There was no sign of connectivity to the existing nearby housing either (other than cycling down the main road, which probably isn't great).
I think the hire car is meant for the new house owners
iI's about 200m to the car parking slot from the furthest-away house. I think most people can walk that far. But yeah bike parking is always good. And he did say that people could come from elsewhere - those really would want somewhere to lock their bike.
I want the Govt to lift the speed of e-bikes to 25-30mph. If they did that I would cycle my 31 mile daily commute.
@@user-jt1jv8vl9r You can already buy such a vehicle (I own one - it's great). But that's an e-moped not an e-bike. The speed limit of 15 for vehicles deemed to be 'cycles' and allowed to use cycle paths is sensible policy because bikes and pedestrians are mixed together in millions of location across the country. Speed differential matters.
I agree that a 30mph-capable vehicle for a 15 mile each-way commute makes a lot of sense, otherwise it takes an annoyingly long time. Mine was 12 miles and cycling it every day was about 55mins each way - so I got the moped.
The main catch is that you don't get to pedal on a moped so it's cold in winter. There are moped-speed machines that you can pedal too so you might prefer to get yourself one of those.
Hemp Farmer here, so excited to see hempcrete construction in the UK!
where is your hemp farm? and what species of hemp do you grow?
IMHO hempcrete blocks are the future for cost effective hempcrete construction...
@@nc3826 I am based in California my day job is growing smokable ham flower but I am also doing research projects with fibre and green varieties finding the most success with Chinese land races thus far on the fibre production side
@@tonydeveyra4611 I'm guessing smokable ham flower and Chinese land races are nicknames for the species.... Nice to see a high hurd/blast producer is also on your radar too, since CBD seems like the main focus for most ppl for now....
FWIW there are a few Hempcrete Block producers outside of the USA that are trying to start production in the USA in the next year. But they both are not that close to California....
and there so much new tech that will bring down the cost of processing it... it should become a far more cost effective options for builders... good luck...
What about the fire resistance?
I wish these types of videos provided actual specs and drawings. Did they actually use hempcrete or did they just use hemp wool? I’m planning a hempcrete house is North Carolina but it is very hard convincing architects and builders to use a product that is newer to the USA.
Like the idea of the Home series. A lot of your content is centered on cars. Electric cars won't solve all the problems.
Their content has been driven by the pandemic. That’s the sole reason why the majority of episodes have been vehicle centric. Once the C-19 shackles are removed, Fully Charged Show will be free to spread its wings. Hopefully , back to its roots.
It's naive to expect EV cars will solve all the worlds problems. But they are definitely part of the solution, not least the battery storage they offer in future, for the grid.
When children are at the school gates on a winters day, parents in their cars running there heating and exhausts belching carbon monoxide...I know what type of vehicles I would prefer waiting for them!
@@TheGearHunter all the aspects of this development are brilliant but the focus not only of this project but most governments on electric vehicles is stupid while they ignore the simple potential of compressed air vehicles. Simple technology and no rare mineral inputs just cleaning the air during it's use.
Carbon Negative House... I'm gonna build one in the future :)
using farts for heating is step 1
Why wait?
@@martinweston8147 Need money 💰💰. Have to earn more.
@@waynenakanishi971 at lease you know what you want. 👍
the editing and music choice makes all the beautiful shots even more stunning.
Astounding job.
Hopefully all houses will be built this way in the future, let’s hope the big developers are taking note
2006 the gov pledged, with cross party agreement, "All new homes will be zero carbon from 2016" , Amber Rudd cancelled the pledge in 2015..
@@brackcycle9056 I didn’t know this, but I’m not surprised
Sadly we can't all live in houses like this. Too many people, not enough land.
We are working on it as a developer to do much of what was just said in the film but with standard houses competing with big developers and ours is made offsite rather than onsite. So watch this space it is happening and we are not the only ones.
@@samplumbe3288 thanks
Very cool.. really like the imbedded solar roof. It does seem a little bit of a shame that they aren't already at 100% of them with batteries. Just seems like a natural thing to put in a house designed from the ground up to be a highly self sustainable home.
They should be on both slopes.
Only down side I see is cooling. The point of installing raised above the roof is it allows air flow. Wonder how they allow cooling?
Useing the electric car batteries as storage is probably a better use of batteries. Most cars spend most of their time parked.
@@Ed.R They don't cool, they just do better in more moderate climates, you will lose some kWh's though with integrated PV like that. Looks incredible though, no?
Robert, I like this episode very much! I'm a former automotive engineer that for many different reasons changed to energy efficiency in buildings... You hit many nails on the head in a single episode, congratulations!
I'm going to give you a thumbs up for the upcoming Home Series. Hope to hear a lot of things in this area of development.
Brilliant! Well done, Greencore. This is the way forward. It's time for the Building Regs adopt these standards.
Most houses are _already built_ and it is these we need to improve. New houses are all well and good, but how do you reduce the problem of the existing housing stock without having to wait for them to all fall down and get replaced?
Molten-salt nuclear reactors (e.g. LFTR)
Fix the grid first & any 🏡 becomes sustainable
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The Home Energy series will be about 'everyday' homes and how to retrofit technologies to them, be more energy efficient etc
Absolutely agree Stephen.
@@fullychargedshow …that’s me putting my extension on hold then. Nice!!
@@fullychargedshow Good to hear. Maybe stretching the definition of 'everyday' , but a case in point... I had an architect recommend using internal sips to improve insulation of a 150 year old stone walled building, but I find lots of information saying that these buildings need to be thermally leaky to prevent moisture building up in the stone, and causing damp problems. Basically the building needs to breathe. How do you reduce the carbon footprint of problem buildings?
My pad has been carbon-negative for years. Soon my driving will be as well, via bi-directional charging. Share this video to those “mediocre legislators” and those mediocre thinking Luddite friends. ONE PLANET !
good luck getting troglodyte friends.... they have been carbon-negative for eons....
Is your house buried? Then it would be impossible for it to be carbon negative.. it's carbon balanced/neutral...
@@freibuis all I know is I’ve been feeding more juice to the grid than I take out.....for many years now.
@@tomsummers1137 So you don't pay electric bills on an annual basis? You make money?
@@Bayliss21 only a negligee amount. I’ve since sold the property. But at the end I was charging other cars with my excess electricity.
Great to see. I think it's important with new housing developments that they are connected to town centres with easy and safe walking and cycling routes. Too many are plonked on the edge of towns and cities with little to no connection other than roads, which simply induces more car journeys and road building. In my mind it's as important as the buildings themselves.
Wow these houses look amazing! Hopefully more developers follow this model and build some near me as I would definitely buy one!
Just not a fan of the flat roof choice mind, additional cost on house insurance.
They won't as it costs more which means less profit for them, that's why all new build estates look the same ,cheap template.
I’d be amazed if the ones with the Bauder roofs are carbon negative.
There's been a "car-club" where I live for several decades now, (yes, DECADES:), and in the last few years I've seen shared e-bike/e-moped systems appearing around us.
Having a shared-resource approach built into a community is a very good idea, and a step in the right direction.
Fantastic project, fantastic video. This is the sort of thing that makes Fully Charged such a special and important channel.
Great video. Great to se what can be done today. I love that you bring out other content than cars, also boats, bicycles, wind turbines and other green energy production facilities. Also very nice to se Robert so active again. For a period it seems he was buried in paperwork instead of participating in the videos.
Fantastic work! This gives me hope for the future! Great to know there are homebuilders out there championing the green tech we all desperately need.
I would love to hear from the architects of these houses, understanding the decisions they’ve made on the house designs and how they help make the house carbon negative.
Good direction for construction. Makes sense How much are these houses? . They look very big. The smaller the household, the bigger the house.
The "affordable houses" aren't really affordable. The occupants can part own it.
Shared ownership is one of the many tools introduced to inflate house prices. A nation of buy to let addicted to rising house prices.
No wonder the young are alienated.
Love what you are doing Ian & James. It’s so important your work and achievements get the public exposure they deserve to help other developers to follow suit. It can be done!
Need more of this in the states, but affordable. Houses come up so quickly with no thought on emissions, let alone longevity, in 'planned' communities :c
Would be cool to see an owner follow up video on Fully Charged Plus in a year or so! See how they are getting on, and how low their bills are!
This project looks totally legit. He asked the right questions and they gave mostly the right answers. Not greenwashing at all. Would be interested to revisit the car sharing after a few years and find out whether it was regularly used or whether they had to run it at a big loss.
This is great. It's a real shame the retrofit opportunities are so limited and expensive.
Whilst I fully support the idea of building to such standards I am somewhat wary of the running cost claims. Could you return to the site in 12-24 months and study the real world bills for a couple of the houses. Also check out the success rate of using solar PV to Heat and Cook during such prolonged no sun, cold wind, periods as those we had last November into December. There were days when my PV panels produced NO electricity for three days in a row!
Looking forward to more such programmes.
Great project. Start undercutting “contemporary builds” on price and watch the uptake. If we can find alternative financing methods (rather than the accepted mortgage system) then it becomes a no-brainer. Great work.The ball is starting to roll!!
As a building apprentice this is the kind of company I'm looking for once I'm qualified! Well done to them and good luck
Such amazing houses, this is just wonderful. I really hope they come up North too and weave their magic here too.
We had a heat recovery unit in the US from 1997 - very effective.
Great to see projects like this happening. Every new house should be built like these .
Love all shows on energy efficiency in homes, businesses and vehicles.Wasting energy anywhere wastes money. An energy efficient home is more comfortable and is better for your wallet and the planet.
Wish I’d known what I do now when I was building my house. Looks so good
Great that you're focussing on homes. We're about to get the country's biggest development near us in Swindon and passivhaus is mentioned...🤞
Do you think they mean it, or are they just saying that to keep the ‘greenies’ off their back? I was looking at some Persimmon houses the other day - awful buildings and a car-centric layout of the estates. They make “Mediocre” look like it’s an effort for them.
@@therealcaldini We will see, but councillors here are aware and we'll see when detailed planning is submitted. I share your skepticism!
Excited to hear about the Home series coming on the channel, it's great to see some of the tech and initiatives that are coming, especially with the recommendations about new boilers in the news.
Coincidentally, I was searching online for houses like this, on the day the video was released, in Wales. I wish there were more of them and they were easier to find - if there are more of them. One thing that irritated me, as always - wheelie bins in the video. What the *****" is going on with them? They are a blight that never fail to spoil anything they are near.
Excited for the series. 🤓🌱
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Really excellent ideas here. All buildings should be like this. No big energy bills and less carbon going into the atmosphere.
I'd love to live somewhere like this (if I'm ever able to get my own place)
I would probably have to move in there with 10 other people just to make it affordable!
@@chrisredfield3240 for at most 10% extra than a normal house if doing it on own? They even say it's price of normal houses.
@@arnabbiswasalsodeep Yeah but the price of a "normal" house in Oxford are a bit different to the price of a "normal" house in the North East.
We have built a passive house in Blue Mountains NSW Australia two years ago. We will be building six level CLT/Passive House with Battery and PV. We will adding nine EV charges, as well and having a community micro grid on the North Coast NSW, in 2022/2023. it will be first project of three built by 2025.
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Really looking forward to the house series. I've recently moved and i need to do a fair amount of work, i want to be getting solar, batteries, air source and improved windows and insulation so will be watching with keen interest!
Great to see the carbon positive project. BioRegional are always at the cutting edge of sustainable projects. I’ve just converted and extended my house with similar principles. The roof is fully covered with PV shingle from Sunstyle (the first use in the UK). So they are the roof, not on another roof below. I’m not connected to them in any way so I use the name to help others. And I’m managing to generate more than enough power for the house and my electric car. I use the Tesla Power Wall and Zappi charger (thanks to Fully Charged fro the heads up on those). I’ve not had to go down the airtight passive house route to do that, which is my preference to stay connected to nature, so there are other ways to do this. All significant materials used are pretty well zero carbon (CO2 free concrete) or natural products like larch cladding and bamboo floors. Looking forward to more in the series
Fantastic video and really great to see. Would love to see how the heating and hot water works through the winter with low solar generation and the reliance on the grid during those times.
More home project videos please! Would also love to see some retrofit projects to inspire what we can do in our already poorly built homes to improve their efficiency.
I wanna live in one. That neighborhood looks so cute.
Most of us can forget about affording one, and many of the cars.
I would love a "Do it yourself" list of requirements and instructions ... Please :-)
Loved it & shared via FB spreading the word.
Beautiful new build houses that I will never be able to afford to live in , I do love this idea of building on all the greenbelt land for unaffordable housing .
Just down t'road from me. All already sold STC by the looks of it. Perhaps Bobby will say that in a sec... :) watchy watchy. 5 bed properties were / are £1.2m. Fantastic though, and the more of this built the cheaper it will get.
Will be researching the one planet initiative! I’m close to carbon neutral with solar, insulation, electric car...just decided I’m going to go negative by adding solar to my daughter’s house 😉
This is brilliant, next step retrofitting at scale.
Ian Pritchett -- What an excellent person and personality! Great demeanor (I mean, demeanour :)
Integrated solar panels, passive houses, no gas lines, awesome!
i did notice they didn't say how much the homes actually cost, im guessing pretty expensive.
For those viewers living in remote Co. Durham former pit villages, for example, the flats and houses you see here range from 4 to 30 times more than your property would realise. There is zero chance of this sort of thing being built near you unless the minimum legislation jumps to this level tomorrow, and is retrospective for all current construction projects. Move along.
(Disclaimer: I live in Co. Durham, bought a 5-bed detached for a bit more than one of those 1-bed flats, and whilst there was an attempt to build similar houses about a decade ago in a village alongside the A1, the developer couldn't sell them so scaled right back on the planned number to only build 4 along with about 200 traditional min-spec homes.)
If you have to ask ....
@Ross Bourne So in other words bloody expensive when you consider that UK house prices are now ludicrously high.
Built Simular specs....insulated foundation, blown Insulation, triple glazed etc etc, quick, DIY'able same money!
Saw one for sale via OnTheMarket for £825k
This is an amazing development, need this globally. Would love to have one of these houses as long as I could have my bees, veggie garden, EV & garage, and fruit trees.
In what kind of country do you live? These houses are now mandatory in most of western europe. At least in country, new houses have to meet very high standard isolation/solar roof electricity/no emission. You cant build a new house now, without having solar panels on it.
The problem with all these new very high isolation / zero emision houses is that they get EXTREMELY HOT during the summer.
Meaning after some years after people bought those houses, they need to spend another 5000 euro's on air conditioning.
And they need to put charging stations for electrical cars in the future.
Australia which is not the same building requirements as Europe
Australia which is not the same building requirements as Europe
Australia which is not the same building requirements as Europe
Australia which is not the same building requirements as Europe
Lucky people indeed. Beautiful. (I write as I look around my 28 square meter apartment.)
Very encouraging and shows what can be. Unfortunately most new build homes are absolute minimum standard and full of inefficient appliances. We really do need more of these Eco houses of at least carbon neutral but carbon negative even better. Great video FC Team 👍
Really enjoyed this and certainly looking forward to more home related content.
Excellent episode, more like it please.
It's really uplifting to see a development like that but that's tempered with great frustration when you think that we're in the middle of a house building boom in the UK and most of them are being thrown up as cheap as possible with no effort to reduce their environmental footprints. It's such a massive missed opportunity. Hopefully Greencore get their hands on some more land!
I've always said If I ever won the lottery I want to do something exactly like this eco houses and more affordable living
Oxfordshire is stunning even more so now with these homes .. The Future is happening
This is great, shops and schools within walking distance, cars and diesel buses are no longer necessary.
No forest has been demolished to build this very affordable neighborhood, and I am particularly impressed by this technical feat.
🤗 ROBERT …WE ARE REALLY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION 🤗👍💚💚💚
I’ve been visiting just about every property in my town of 11k people in the U.K. what stunned me was the amount of unused or empty homes - I would estimate over 5%.
Finally! I'm looking forward to see more episodes about house's! 😊
I'm really looking forward to the home series! Just bought a house and doing research what we can do to make it as CO2 neutral as possible! Perfect timing for this series. I would really like to know how much additional electricity generation you need to have electric under floor heating, heat pump options, etc, etc. Also, it's so much fun to be less dependent on fossil fuels and be more self sufficient, it's just the feeling of self sufficiency that's fun, and saving some monthly recurring expense by investing in your house.
Crikey, Southmoor. I grew up there. It was a much smaller village in those days, and had the A420 main Oxford - Swindon road running through it, now bypassed. British Leyland at Cowley, Oxford, used to ship body panels from Pressed Steel Fisher, Swindon, so the old road could get quite busy at times.
This looks good. Now we have to ensure that it will be applied on a large scale.
I don't know if it's my tablet screen, but the one guy's shirt looked a bit pink, which in combo with his green sweater, gave him a real Ned Flanders vibe.
Good job Robert ,very pleased for the House series , and we need legislation to improve massively to get the big house builders to build more sustainable and reduce the cost of carbon locking materials down to where average builders can also use them .
The houses are still far too big but this is a great start, hopefully some of these technologies trickle down to all future house builds.
Mobile phones were big and expensive when they came out too. Cost will come down when they make more.
Great video!! Love the homes, excited for the new series on green homes!
Brilliant - and all power to them. Was lucky enough to also build a carbon negative house - a dream came true. It's so very possible.
I’d love to see an episode on the work that Citu are doing in Leeds and Sheffield.
Certainly they're more sustainable, affordable, and sensible developments than what's being shown in this video. Car reduction, walkable neighbourhoods, terraces and multi-dwelling units, community focus etc.
That's awesome. I wish builders did this here in Australia instead of the cookie cutter houses.
They do. How much are you willing to pay?
I love this! They’re proving it’s scalable.. now to make it affordable lol
Tip for mapping enthusiasts: you can help map new (but also existing) developments on crowdsourced OpenStreetMap, use Mapillary for street-level images
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Hempcrete is made of lime and industrial hemp it absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. All housing communities should be pushing for this energy positive and carbon negative homes are the future.
These houses look beautiful! Yes please! :-D
Superb project and great to show the world how feasible this kind of thing is. Obviously the test will be how quickly this concept can trickle down to low and regular income housing developments. Couldn't come soon enough!
Really great to see this, it's a good attempt at creating carbon negative living, but maybe take a look at what ALSET (TESLA backwards) homes are doing for further inspiration.
Great editing . I do want to recognize that not everyone can share a car. Some experts have indicated that no one will own a car in the future because its dumb since the expensive car mostly sits unused and depreciates in value. Sharing a car is a good idea for some occupations in which a primary car is not needed. However, owning a car is necessary for people who work in healthcare such as surgical techs, physicians, and nurses who need to come in for emergency surgery. There are actually many examples. If other people would like to list examples of jobs in which sharing a car (not owning a primary car) does not work, please comment.
Every UK house should be built like this. Every politician, local government official, housing department etc should be made to watch this video and then told to enforce this standard of housing in the UK. Send the link of this video to you local MP. Gas boilers and log burners are polluting the air we all breathe for NO GOOD REASON.
It is possible and do another video after 1 year so the residents can tell what is works what is not?
"Really lucky people who live here" Yes and I bet they have plenty of cash as well. Its easy to be environmental if you have the means.
6 of the houses on the development are classified as 'affordable' and are rented at local market rates. And yes, some of those houses are seriously posh and ££££
@@fullychargedshow depends how they rate affordable David Cameron raised the floor on the label affordable up to £450,000 I believe. Also affordable doesn't really mean what we think it should it's a woolly term often used to obfuscate.
The term in 2015 effectively meant someone on a living wage of £9 per hour could buy an affordable home in just 2% of council areas in the UK.
We have got to have a much bigger discussion in this country about long term housing strategy.
Good to see the launch of the home show. Good timing with the IEA reports roadmap saying no gas boilers by 2025. We are all going to be engaged in this.
And it will link with electric cars😊
About the car sharing. It does already exist in some European cities. The one I use in Copenhagen is quite extraordinarily, really. It is often cheaper for the family to rent a BMW or Mercedes to go to the local shopping mall than it is to take the bus. Not all of the cars are electric, but a good many are. Perhaps when travel is allowed again it would make for an interesting episode.
Bicycles, ebikes and escooters are great options for last mile, short distance travel.
Cities need to do more to encourage people to ride bicycles by providing safe, protected bike lanes and trails. Every adult and child should own a bicycle and ride it regularly. Bicycles are healthy exercise and fossil fuels free transportation. Electric bicycles are bringing many older adults back to cycling.
we are at the planning stage to build a carbon negative house in the Algarve and we will be using Woodcrete ICL to achieve this. Woodcrete houses are built without having to use mortar, they are just stacked on top of each other. The really exciting thing is the houses can be built very quickly and building sites are incredibly clean and if good fitting doors and windows are used the house is air- tite and the building is passive without having to do any more work. I believe this is the future for mainline building as it much simpler for builders but still provides a building that does not need heating or cooling and is very comfortable to live in.
Did you mean ICF ?
@@Flumstead Woodcrete is an eco form of ICF yes.
Woodcrete ICF is grouted (filled) with concrete isn't it?
Yes the concrete is poured into gap in the middle of the blocks to tie everything together. We plan to use greencrete for our house. The local manufacturer of woodcrete claims that an average 3 bed house can be built and made weather proof by two builders in 2 weeks. I truly believe there are compelling reasons to use this method widely.
Well said Ian Pritchett! Insulation in newly constructed homes is still mediocre despite, tech improvements in materials and construction. This can only mean one thing - conventional housebuilders are still getting away maximum profit and minimum quality. It's time that govt addressed the insulation issue ASAP with legislation as the heat pumps and H2 systems recently mooted may be a lot more affordable than suggested.
i'm in the club ;-) House wise since 2011, BEV since 2021 (IN SWITZERLAND!!)
Wow. Wish I could afford to buy a house like those.
Imagine a future driven by people like this rather than what we have now.
These standards should be statuary now. I worked in the building industry for a number of years and as the CEO eluded to the current housing stock is shockingly bad. Good luck to these guys .
This just illustrates what can be achieved with clever design and planning - energy efficient homes which don’t cost the Earth. The government needs to adopt this kind of thing as a minimum building standard. Sadly, recent Conservative governments have cut carbon and energy efficiency standards for homes, while promising the opposite.
This is how all houses should be built! The car share needs to be better range than a leaf. Each house can have a runaround, with a long range car for those other occasional trips. Good to hear a high % of "affordable" in the development.
Disappointed the developer said "unfortunately we can't yet charge a premium" typical developer looking for £££
Fascinating interview, now I wish I could take advantage of social housing..