For comfortable living and good health, it is essential to maintain good indoor air quality. You need fresh air inside a home and this fresh air has to be heated in order for it to remain comfortable indoors.

Our approach is to first reduce the air leakage of the structure to an absolute minimum through very high levels of insulation. This ensures that you do not have to heat more air than you actually require. Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery is used to collect as much heat our of the air from the bathrooms as possible. Under floor heating powered by a highly efficient gas condensing boiler tops up any additional heat required and can be controlled by individual thermostats in each room.

Power consumption is kept to a minimum through the use of low energy low light fittings (where appropriate) and ‘A’ rated appliances. Your electric bill will be further reduced with the introduction of large photovoltaic panels on the roof which use solar energy to generate electricity which is sold back to the National Grid via your electricity provider.

The use of all of these technologies combined with low water consumption, use of sustainable materials and adoption of low energy technologies allows Breakers to achieve a three star rating under the Code for Sustainable Homes and a ‘B’ rating for both Energy Efficiency and CO₂ emissions.

Not only is this environmentally friendly, CO₂ emissions are reduced and running costs are kept to a minimum.