Cambridge Building Society welcomes first tenants into carbon-positive retrofit home
Rachel Kavanagh and her partner will live at the Ferndale Rise property for the next 18 months to test the home’s energy-efficiency measures.
The first tenants have moved into a carbon-positive family home in Cambridge, following a full retrofit by The Cambridge Building Society.
Rachel Kavanagh, mortgage case assistant at The Cambridge, and her partner will live at the Ferndale Rise property for the next 18 months to test the home’s energy-efficiency measures.
The Cambridge upgraded the 1930s three-bedroom house, raising its energy performance certificate (EPC) rating from D to A.
The aim is to show what can be achieved with a deep retrofit and encourage more homeowners to make energy improvements.
Kavanagh said: “We are so grateful to have been selected to live in Ferndale, the house is just amazing.
“Moving from Norwich, we feel very lucky to be back in Cambridge and closer to family, friends and of course work!
“We are very excited to live in such a stylish and energy efficient house, and to find out more about living day to day with things like an air source heat pump, solar panels and rainwater harvester in a really well insulated property.”
Carole Charter, chief commercial officer at The Cambridge, said: “We’re excited to see how all the innovative energy saving measures we’ve put into Ferndale Rise during our deep retrofit will perform with Rachel and Marco living there over the next 18 months.
“We hope their Ferndale journey will inspire homeowners to make improvements to their own home that work within their own budget and circumstances, as we recognise there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to retrofitting.”
The Cambridge fitted a range of measures at Ferndale Rise, including insulation to walls, roof and floors, airtightness improvements, an air source heat pump, underfloor heating on both floors, a mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery, solar panels, triple-glazed windows and doors, a 3,000L underground rainwater tank for toilets and the washing machine, and a sedum roof.
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