CGI of The Haw Wood

A Bristol new homes builder is embracing new technologies to reduce the carbon footprint and future energy bills, for residents of its newest development.

Autograph Homes, one of Bristol’s most exciting homebuilders, has unveiled plans for a new development of high performance, eco-friendly homes which are to be built on Bristol’s semi-rural, northern edge.

Construction at The Haw Wood is due to start this summer, with the family homes featuring ultra-efficient, low impact technologies to radically reduce energy costs and scale down carbon footprint.

All properties will be SAP A rated for efficiency and environmental impact.*

Simon Taylor, MD of Autograph Homes says,

“It makes absolute sense to include the latest energy saving technologies in new build homes, as well as ensuring a low carbon build, to help relieve some of the concern people currently have about energy bills. It is also the right thing to do for the planet.

“Our ethos is to build homes for today, fit for the future, and that is embodied in our approach to sustainability.”

Sustainable features being designed into the new builds at The Haw Wood include high levels of insulation, outstanding airtightness and a precision-built timber frame to minimise heat loss through the roof, walls and floor.

Simon continues,

"Timber frame construction has the lowest CO₂ cost of any commercial building material: it takes less energy to produce and build with and of course, it’s easily recycled. In fact, every timber frame home saves a potential four tonnes of CO₂ each year.”

The new homes will also include oversize, thermally insulated windows letting more natural daylight flood into the properties, illuminating the interiors, reducing reliance on artificial lights and helping to warm the house through solar gain, as well as cutting heat loss during winter.

Every property at The Haw Wood will be pre-fitted with PV panels; ground floor underfloor heating, as well as an electric vehicle charging point. Also fitted will be air source heat pumps and to store the excess energy generated by the PV panels, new home-owners can also opt for a home battery, to reduce bills and carbon even further.

To control all this technology, as well as tap into the grid at its cheapest and lowest carbon, the homes will be fitted with smart controls, that not only learn how you live in your home but give you instant control over its comfort levels. Properties will be pre-fitted with aerated taps and showers to reduce the amount of wasted water. Autograph will also be installing water-saving water butts in every property, so home-owners can collect and use rainwater in the garden that would otherwise simply drain away.

And for those working from home more often, the properties will come with superfast fibre-optic broadband, Cat-5 cabling and a dedicated place to work.

Simon concludes,

“Our aim is to create smart, simple sustainability with homes that are not only beautiful to look at and live in, but amazingly economical to own.”

Autograph Homes will be working with local suppliers and tradespeople, and using British made products and materials where possible, on the new development.

Work is due to begin at The Haw Wood this summer. The development will comprise 22 family three and four bed homes, together with 8 homes for shared ownership.

enquiries@autograph-homes.co.uk

Postcode: BS10 7TB