Salford University is launching a research project to test the psychology behind domestic energy consumption.
The university will be home to the world’s first Energy House – a traditional pre-1920s-style terraced house, similar to those seen on ITV soap opera Coronation Street, built in a sealed-off chamber and subjected to a wide range of advanced energy experiments.
The university hopes the house will provide important data on how the 4.5 million UK homes built before 1920 consume energy, by testing insulation and using a climate system that will be able to generate wind, rain and solar conditions.
via Energy efficiency to be tested in Coronation Street-style home – 28 May 2010 – BusinessGreen.com.
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