Underground Zero-Carbon Home in England

Do you know what your carbon footprint is? It is nearly impossible for any person, let alone an entire energy-consuming home, to have a carbon-neutral footprint, but an underground one-story home in England is looking to change that. Architectural firm Make's ambitious project titled Bolton Eco House boasts a zero-carbon estate, the first of its kind in the North West of the country, embedded into the Pennine hillside. The 8,000-square-foot property features four bedrooms with energy-saving designs and technology including "a ground source heat pump, photovoltaic panels and a wind turbine that will generate on-site renewable energy."

The architects have worked closely with Bolton Council, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), and their client, Gary Neville (former club captain of Manchester United), to bring this futuristic energy-efficient design to fruition. The architectural integrity has been preserved throughout the approximately three-year process of designing the subterranean homestead, while accommodating for a residential and environmental issues. Its placement below the surface is a deliberate scheme to maintain the surrounding moorland's natural aesthetic. With so many redeeming qualities, some refer to this home as the "house of the future."

Make website
via [Design You Trust]

Tags: Bolton Eco House, Make Architects, architecture, design

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Comment by Rory Bergin on June 18, 2012 at 2:18pm: How can this possibly be described as carbon neutral, there are so many tonnes of concrete in this and so much material that it will take decades to pay back the carbon that has gone into it. 'home of the future'? Whose future? Who can afford an 800sqm home, apart from footballers and eccentric villians...

Comment by Theadora Carter on June 14, 2012 at 3:24pm: Beautiful house though.

Comment by Theadora Carter on June 14, 2012 at 3:16pm: I'm with ccllyyddee. Moderators need to do their homework.

Comment by ccllyyddee on June 14, 2012 at 7:56am: Zero carbon? How much hydrocarbons were consumed and how much CO2 produced in the construction of this house? Doesn't a heat pump require energy input usually from electricity? Accuracy would help in this presentation.

Nice house - but one of those designs where a dirty sock on the floor makes the whole place seem in disarray.