During 2021 and 2022 we were commissioned to photograph the completion of the construction of Energy House 2.0 on the campus of The University of Salford. https://energyhouse2.salford.ac.uk/
We photographed Energy House 2.0 alongside our residency in Energy House 1.0 which resulted in the exhibtions and publication "Are You Living Comfortably" (see "Projects").
The build and commissioning of Energy House 2.0 was completed in February 2022 and is the largest research facility of its type. Within Energy House 2.0 there are two environmental chambers each able to accommodate two detached houses and under controlled conditions, recreate a wide variety of weather conditions with temperatures ranging between -20˚C to +40˚C and simulated wind, rain, snow and solar radiation. This unique facility will play a key role in accelerating the progress towards low carbon and net zero housing design and builds upon the success of the original Energy House Laboratory, which was opened in 2012.
In June 2022, the next phase of work commenced: and we started building test houses inside the environmental chambers. These were completed in January 2023. (From the Energy House 2.0 web site.)