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Inside the new £16m lab that’s preparing houses for climate change:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/insi ... -87khlrxxg

We go inside the pioneering Salford facility that mimics four seasons in a day to ensure our homes of the future are fit to last

Great piece in The Sunday Times on the incredible Energy House 2.0 project, testing the homes of tomorrow in every weather the climate emergency is set to bring.

Another article....

The new-build ‘homes’ where energy scientists play God with the weather:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... per-to-run

Brilliant, and long overdue. Imagine a house with annual running costs of £11 !

A bit smaller scale but the University of Auckland had a test chamber that a company I worked for used to test fridges in conditions of varying outside temperatures and humidities. I don't think it could do rain though.

BritDownUnder wrote: ↑13 Jan 2023, 01:19 A bit smaller scale but the University of Auckland had a test chamber that a company I worked for used to test fridges in conditions of varying outside temperatures and humidities. I don't think it could do rain though.

The Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield used to have a Perspex hut which was cooled down to minus lots in order to test machine guns.

Defence comes first, housing later.

Catweazle wrote: ↑12 Jan 2023, 22:01 Brilliant, and long overdue. Imagine a house with annual running costs of £11 !

Yes - but then you wouldn't be beholden to the Powers That Be.

They would invent some regulation or tax to keep you under their thumb.

In France, for example, you can be totally off-grid .. but if you ever connect to a public utility, then you can NEVER disconnect.