Hager power at the centre of the eHome2 project

Hager is playing its part in helping to deliver a more sustainable future thanks to the company’s involvement with the landmark Energy House 2.0 project.

Energy House 2.0 Project | Hager

Working with construction solutions provider, Saint-Gobain and long-term partner Barratt Developers, as well as a host of other businesses, Hager is providing electrical distribution expertise and bespoke product support on a multi-million-pound research project designing and constructing a new home of the future based at the University of Salford.

Looking at how sustainable housing can be delivered at scale using construction solutions manufactured off-site, eHome2, part of the wider Energy House 2.0 project, is using next generation technologies to ensure more sustainable and low emission homes are constructed in the years ahead.

To support the project, Hager’s Tailored Solutions team has designed and created a bespoke Design 50 consumer unit which is powering and controlling the energy around the home. Hager’s team has innovated the consumer unit to include a double stack board as a future proofed solution to help eHome2 meet future performance requirements.

The Design 50 consumer unit offers a recessed location solution and fits flush within the wall cavity to provide an aesthetically pleasing and discreet answer within the home space that complements the overall design aspirations set out for the future home template. With the consumer unit featuring a dual row, it provides the ability to add additional circuits as the needs of the house change and the project progresses. This means the Design 50 solution specified is flexible enough to make an ongoing and significant contribution to the project as future research is undertaken.

"Sustainability sits at the heart of Hager’s commitment to building a better world"

Ash Knowles

National Residential Specification Manager

From a practical installation perspective, the adapted Design 50 consumer unit provides the benefit of adjustable frames to allow for a range of installation depths within the wall and cable clamps which prevent any movement of meter tails being transmitted to the terminals of the main switch.

Ash Knowles, National Residential Specification Manager for Hager, comments: “It is great to be able to contribute our product innovation and expertise to the important eHome2 project. With the built environment accounting for 40% of the UK’s carbon footprint, it is vital the construction sector plays its part with the creation and delivery of newly built homes, future proofed with technologies that underpin low carbon and energy efficiency ambitions.

“Sustainability sits at the heart of Hager’s commitment to building a better world. eHome2 is a prime example of where leading companies in their sectors have come together to provide technological answers needed to make a tangible difference to how future homes are constructed and run.”

The Energy House 2.0 project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund and is the largest facility of its type in Europe.