Case Study – Erneley Close
Erneley Close, Manchester
EnerPHit Refurb
The first major successful EnerPHit project in the UK, the two run-down Erneley Close social housing blocks were transformed with full enveloping, airtightness and MVHR systems. Aldas provided initial training for the site airtightness champions team and extensive preliminary and acceptance airtightness testing. Since completion, residents report affordable comfort and great satisfaction
ERNELEY CLOSE RETROFIT
R-GEN DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Name: Erneley Close Retrofit
Location: Manchester
Building Type: 4 storey maisonettes
Construction type: Cross Floor Concrete frame
Completed in: May 2015
U values
Roof: 0.08 W/m2K
Timber Frame Infill Walls: 0.09 W/m2K
Gable End Walls: 0.12 W/m2K
Ground Floor: 0.21 W/m2K
Doors and Windows: 0.9 W/m2K
Measured Performance
Actual Energy Use based on analysis of heating demand
January – April 2015 21.09kWh/m2a
Air pressure result:
12 block 1.0@50pa over total floor area of 740m2
20 block 1.0@50pa over total floor area of 1228.3m2
Erneley Close Team
Client: One Manchester Housing Group
Developer: R-Gen Developments Ltd
Architect: 2e Architects
Structural Engineer: Marston and Grundy
Mechanical Engineer: Alan Clarke
Passivhaus Consultant: Eric Parks
Airtightness: Aldas Ltd
Contractor: The Casey Group
Project Image Gallery
View the Image Gallery to see before and after pictures of the project. These have been collated by Aldas
View the GalleryPassivhaus Awards
UK Passivhaus Awards 2015 Large Projects Finalist. View the project details from the Passivhaus Trust website
Airtightness Report
Download the Airtightness reports by Aldas
Some more files for you..
Air Leakage Certificate
A leakage certificate for Erneley Close in accordance with the BS EN 13829:2001
Air Leakage Report
Report on the Preliminary Air Leakage Testing of two maisonettes in Erneley Close
Erneley Close Training
Airtightness Champions training schedule for those onsite at Erneley Close
Erneley Close
Passivhaus Awards 2015
Shortlisted in the Large Projects category of the UK Passivhaus Awards 2015. A regeneration of two dilapidated blocks of flats in one of the poorest parts of Manchester, with EnerPHit as a mechanism for creating a sustainable low carbon community.
Kate de Selincourt
How to save
social housing blocks
Erneley Close featured here
Britain and Ireland’s post-war social housing blocks are seen as ugly and uncomfortable, and suffer from high energy bills, damp and mould. But three ambitious renovation projects show the answer doesn’t always lie in demolition.
Excellent results were achieved by having a specialist team and an Air Tightness Champion based on site.
The Casey Group Ltd
Home of Airtightness Champions
Please contact us so we can assist with all things related to Airtightness
