Tudor Houses Are The Most Energy Efficient! - 8th Nov 2006 5:48pm
This is kinda weird this as me and me mum n auntie were discussing the energy efficiency of newer built houses just the other day.
Amazingly, houses built in the 1600's were far more energy efficient then houses built recently!
I always knew that modern housing was pretty crap for warmth, just from the feel of the walls, but boy that is quite shocking!
What dya think?
Amazingly, houses built in the 1600's were far more energy efficient then houses built recently!
Originally Posted by BBC News
The 16th Century dwellings leak 10.11 cubic metres of air an hour for every square metre of wall - much less than many other more recent dwellings.
Buildings built in the 1906s leaked as much as 15.1 cubic metres.
The British Gas survey found because the wooden-beam buildings were made airtight with stones or wattle and dab, they had fewer carbon emissions too.
Their use of local material also lessened their environmental impact, the research from IRT Surveys said.
It found that houses built in the 1970s leak 11.7 cubic metres of air an hour for every square metre of wall, while those from the 1980s leaked 12 to 40.1 cubic metres and hour, and 1990s buildings leaked between 12 and 23.6 cubic metres.
Buildings built in the 1906s leaked as much as 15.1 cubic metres.
The British Gas survey found because the wooden-beam buildings were made airtight with stones or wattle and dab, they had fewer carbon emissions too.
Their use of local material also lessened their environmental impact, the research from IRT Surveys said.
It found that houses built in the 1970s leak 11.7 cubic metres of air an hour for every square metre of wall, while those from the 1980s leaked 12 to 40.1 cubic metres and hour, and 1990s buildings leaked between 12 and 23.6 cubic metres.
I always knew that modern housing was pretty crap for warmth, just from the feel of the walls, but boy that is quite shocking!
What dya think?