Caplin Homes specialise in building the most energy efficient timber frame houses. They dramatically reduce heating and maintenance costs and yet are no more expensive to buy than conventional homes.

Whether it’s a five bedroom detached house for a private owner, or two up, two down affordable semis for housing associations, we can take a project through from design to completion without fuss, using established materials and methods.

1. Minimise energy losses using the highest standards of thermal insulation and air tightness.

2. Make good use of free solar energy coming from south facing glazing, photo-voltaic cell arrays etc.

3. Having reduced the building’s need for heat to a minimum, use a heating facility just big enough to meet this much reduced demand. This will often be an exhaust air heat pump which extracts solar heat from glazing and waste heat from the building and uses it as a heat source for a heat pump which provides hot water, central heating and circulates warmed fresh air throughout all the rooms of the house, all with minimal energy consumption.

This means that for public sector housing, who must meet this criterion from 2013, we are able to offer affordable housing which will remain affordable.

Equal emphasis is given to reducing the other running costs of the building. Maintenance is an important part of the lifetime costs of ownership so we supplement the energy savings with features that also reduce maintenance costs.