Wienerberger has announced that the first e4 brick house will be officially opened on June 16 at the BRE Innovation Park in Watford as part of the facility’s tenth anniversary celebrations.
The home will be the first to be assessed to BRE’s new Home Quality Mark, which was launched earlier this year at Ecobuild. It is to be opened by Lord John Prescott and will offer guests the opportunity to visit the house, which is the first e4 brick house to be built in the UK. It utilises a fabric first approach by using a clay building envelope, and Wienerberger says the concept can be used for a wide range of sizes and typologies.
Richard Brown, category marketing manager at Wienerberger and project lead for e4, said: “We are very much looking forward to officially opening the first e4 brick house to be built in the UK. This will be the public’s first opportunity to see the new home and to learn how it is built according to the new Home Quality Mark.
“The e4 brick house represents a big step in terms of sustainable building, and we are looking forward to promoting the principles of e4, as well as building sustainably with clay as a way to combat the housing crisis.”
The official opening will also boast presentations from key industry spokespeople about the housing crisis in the UK, which Wienerberger hopes will be aided by its new concept home.
