Hermitage Mews

London, United Kingdom, Europe

Completed · Residential · Net-Zero Townhouses · Temperate · 2024

A scheme of eight net-zero townhouses in Crystal Palace, south London, designed against the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge by the studio that won BD's 2024 Net Zero Architect of the Year. It uses a fabric-first approach reaching an average U-value of 0.10 W/m2K, timber construction with glulam beams and wood-fibre insulation, and air source heat pumps with rooftop solar PV. It is the practice's first completed net-zero housing project.

Innovation highlights

• Fabric-first envelope at ~0.10 W/m2K U-value
• Timber and wood-fibre to cut embodied carbon
• Heat pumps plus rooftop PV for net-zero operation
• Aligned to RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge

Innovations in the catalogue

• Ultra-Low U-Value Fabric-First Envelope
• Timber and Wood-Fibre Low-Carbon Construction
• Heat Pump and Rooftop-PV Net-Zero Servicing

Architect

Gbolade Design Studio

Type

Net-Zero Townhouses

#net zero #fabric first #timber #housing #RIBA 2030

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