Passivhaus in Much Wenlock
6th November 2018

REHAU Agila doors have been installed in 12 affordable homes for Housing Association tenants moving into the a Passivhaus development in Much Wenlock Shropshire.

The Callaughtons Ash scheme has been built on behalf of South Shropshire Housing Association for tenants with a local connection to the town. The development comprises 12 one, two and three-bed Passivhaus homes, with 10 allocated for affordable rent and two for shared ownership.

The highly sustainable scheme was designed by Architype,
Paul Neep, Associate at Architype, which designed the scheme, said: “South Shropshire Housing Association was looking to deliver a new housing scheme which would provide good quality, sustainable homes for local people and help eradicate fuel poverty. To do this, they wanted to go beyond fitting high efficiency products in a standard home; they wanted homes which would work in harmony with their surroundings, so they would need less mechanical heating, cooling and lighting and therefore be more cost effective to run for their low-income tenants.”

Paul continued: “Finding doors for the project proved to be quite a challenge. To achieve the Passivhaus standard, we needed doors which had a triple glazed panel for maximum energy efficiency, but more importantly we needed a door which would meet the rigorous threshold criteria.”

In total, 24 Agila Passivhaus doors were manufactured for the Much Wenlock project by Rehau authorised partner GRM. Based on the Geneo system, the doors can achieve a possible Ud value of 0.7 W/m2K.