A worker levelling screed over under-floor heating elements at one of the experimental solar powered houses in Great Linford, Milton Keynes

Date:
Apr 1980
Location:
1 Solar Court, Great Linford, Milton Keynes
Reference:
JLP01/10/07494
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Solar Court was a development of nine houses built to investigate the use of solar energy in a real domestic setting. A third of the houses acted as a control group, using standard gas heating, a third used a system developed by Calor Group and a third, one designed by Laing Research and Development. All the houses were detached, built to the same pattern and in the same orientation. They used brick/block cavity walls, were double glazed throughout and highly insulated. Energy use was monitored for an 18 month period following occupation and a cost-benefit analysis made of each system used.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/10 John Laing Photographic Collection Colour Negatives and Transparencies; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Brick, Timber, Late 20th Century House, Construction