Home builder completes zero carbon home pilot

Persimmon Homes has finished building its latest trial for a zero carbon home.

This project, located in Malmesbury in the company’s Wessex region, is the second of its kind for Permission in the UK.

The home, part of the Backbridge Farm development, features elements such as solar panels, an air source heat pump system with a hot water cylinder and a waste water heat recovery system.

Constructed using Persimmon’s latest Space4 timer frame wall panel, the home has achieved A-rated energy performance cartification, with added insulation and energy-efficient walls, floors and an electric charging point.

The lessons learnt from this project will help Permission improve its technology and construction methods to build sustainable, cost-effective homes and to reach zero carbon homes by 2023 and overall zero carbon operations by 2024.

Persimmon Homes’ group technical director, Duncan Shaw, said: “We are delighted to have finished construction on the second pilot of Persimmon’s zero carbon home at our Backbridge Farm development in Malmesbury.

“Our vision is to be Britain’s leading homebuilder and we have an important responsibility to reduce our environmental impact through our operations, supply chain and the homes and communities we build. We want to ensure our customers can live more sustainably in a cost-effective way in the years to come, and this project will provide vital insight into how we can build such homes at scale, including the end results for homeowners.

“Persimmon is grateful to the numerous contractors that have helped us to deliver this home, and to Wiltshire Council and Malmesbury Town Council for working collaboratively to bring affordable zero carbon homes one step closer for local people.”