Tarmac Homes project

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What are we building and why?

Tarmac is set to build two concept masonry homes at the University of Nottingham. The aim is that the homes will provide organisations working within the public and private housing markets, with a tried and tested method of delivering low-carbon, low-cost housing.



Tarmac Limited is set to build two concept homes at the University of Nottingham in order to provide housebuilders and Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) with a blueprint for low cost, scaleable zero-carbon housing which has the potential to be replicated across the UK.

The semi-detached properties, which will be built to Levels 6 and 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes (CfSH) are the next phase of the University of Nottingham’s Creative Energy Homes project and will demonstrate that the highest levels of the CfSH can be attained by using traditional masonry products and techniques.

The company, together with project partners Lovell, the leading affordable housing provider, Bill Dunster Architects and the University of Nottingham’s School of the Built Environment also aims to understand how the highest levels of the CfSH translate into practical reality.