Location: East Molesey, Surrey
Client: Bill & Sue Dunster
Description: Carbon neutral 3 bed house with flexible office space & permaculture garden
Start / Completion: Built 1995
Notes:

Hope House, built in 1995, was the first experimental 'ZED'. Regular upgrades improve energy use as the latest technology advances become available. A log-burning stove was installed in 2004, and a wood pellet boiler will be fitted in 2006. Together they will replace the gas boiler for hot water. A micro wind turbine was fitted in 2005, which generates about 50% of electricity needs, and the existing PVs also supply around 50%. As Hope House is home to Bill and Sue Dunster, it allows them to experience and evaluate components first-hand.