Zero Carbon House

• City hall
• Microsoft
• Poortwachter
• Apartments Balans Het Zand
• De Admirant
• Gunwharf East Side Plaza
• Tabard Square
• Siemens
• Zero Carbon House
• Synspec
• Inntel Hotels Rotterdam Centre
• VDL TIM
• Entre Deux
• Peace Palace (extension conference- and reading room)
• Camping Ter Spegelt

The “Lighthouse” was developed by Kingspan Off-Site in conjunction with multiple partner companies and is the first house to co-generate sufficient electrical power to meet the new UK sustainable home requirements. By 2016, all new homes built in the UK will be required to be designed and constructed to meet the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6. It is expected that 200,000 new homes will be built annually in the UK by 2016. The project incorporated 57 MSK Just Roof BIPV modules, which replace conventional roofing panels. OSPS has collaborated with the Kingspan Off-site team, Sheppard Robson architects, Suntech-MSK and Arup consultants to create this high performance solution. Visitors to Off-Site 2007 have been impressed with the excellent integration of the Just Roof PV modules into the building design where the modules function as both an electrical energy generator and the weatherproof roof of the building. This solution offsets some of the building cost as well as providing the annual power requirements for the house.

During the ECO build conference in March 2011 building contractor Speller Metcalfde received a BREEAM award for this project.