Fabric First

I recently attended a seminar on Fabric First approach to the design of houses.

In brief, the house-builder improves the energy and air leakage performance of the built elements by front end investment in the quality of the built fabric to exceed current building standards rather than relying on technology such as renewable generation which is often plugged in at the end. It provides considerable benefits in performance.

This would seem like common sense, but the built fabric rarely meets the specified performance. The quality of site works is the main culprit. (Ill fitting/missing insulation, following trades puncturing vapour control layers etc etc.)

Mark Anderson
www.marchitectsltd.com

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