Green Building Forum - The Elm Tree Mews - Timber frame and building performance report Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:02:37 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 The Elm Tree Mews - Timber frame and building performance report https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8240&Focus=125241#Comment_125241 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8240&Focus=125241#Comment_125241 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:35:58 +0000 Triassic
This report details the technical data from fabric performance tests carried out on the completed dwellings, site
observations and photographic records of the construction process and an analysis of available site documentation and drawings. Performance testing included pressure tests, a coheating test, thermal imaging, temperature and air flow measurements and heat flux measurements. A design retrospective of those aspects of the design and construction process related to energy performance was undertaken by an assessment of available documentation and through a series of semi-structured interviews with key individuals involved with the development.

The report also contains the results of 12 months in-use monitoring of the occupied dwellings and data on the performance of the communal heat pump system.

http://www.lmu.ac.uk/as/cebe/projects/elmtree/elmtree_finalreport.pdf

The report contains some interesting heat loss photos and observations on the design and build of a timber framed flats development.]]> The Elm Tree Mews - Timber frame and building performance report https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8240&Focus=125582#Comment_125582 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8240&Focus=125582#Comment_125582 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:34:15 +0000 RobinB
Did the participants feel a sense of failure or that they'd done a "pretty good job" I wonder? Classic mistakes like confusing (deliberately or not) mid-pane u values over whole window u values.

The residents' views were very interesting and the observation that "home" should be a place where you feel in control, and to what extent they felt they lacked that control.]]> The Elm Tree Mews - Timber frame and building performance report https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8240&Focus=125646#Comment_125646 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8240&Focus=125646#Comment_125646 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:24:10 +0000 borpin The Elm Tree Mews - Timber frame and building performance report https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8240&Focus=125708#Comment_125708 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8240&Focus=125708#Comment_125708 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:07:23 +0000 Paul in Montreal
Paul in Montreal.]]> The Elm Tree Mews - Timber frame and building performance report https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8240&Focus=125739#Comment_125739 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8240&Focus=125739#Comment_125739 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:47:37 +0000 borpin The Elm Tree Mews - Timber frame and building performance report https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8240&Focus=125747#Comment_125747 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8240&Focus=125747#Comment_125747 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:15:16 +0000 DamonHD
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Damon]]> The Elm Tree Mews - Timber frame and building performance report https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8240&Focus=125752#Comment_125752 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8240&Focus=125752#Comment_125752 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:42:57 +0000 JSHarris
My new house build is only "just" outside the 1/100 year flood boundary and I couldn't have a basement as I have a minimum finished floor level stipulation on my planning permission as a flood prevention measure.]]>