Eco Electric new homes
With our new generation Eco Electric homes, you can enjoy superb future-ready features, including air source heat pumps, even thicker insulation – and the wonderful warmth of underfloor heating. Your better way to live just got even better.
Designed for your lifestyle - and your budget
Living in an energy-efficient new Redrow home could help to reduce your energy consumption and costs. According to HBF data (January 206) a brand-new home could be up to 21% more energy-efficient than an older home, meaning you could save up to £420 per year on your running costs†. Leaving you to focus on the things that matter most.
Want to know how much you could save? Book an appointment at your nearest Redrow development to use our EPC calculator and get your personalised results.
Ready to find your new energy efficiency Eco Electric home?
Learn more about Eco Electric and chat to an expert at your nearest development.
Doing your bit
If you’re looking to live a more sustainable lifestyle and want to contribute to tackling the climate crisis, then a new Redrow home could be your perfect move. As a heat pump captures heat that is already present in the environment, the system itself does not burn any fuel and therefore emits no carbon dioxide.
The average UK home has an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of D, while our Eco Electric homes have a rating of B or higher.
A handy guide to heat pumps
Our new Eco Electric homes are fitted with air source heat pumps (ASHP), which are far more efficient than gas boilers. While heat pumps may be relatively new for UK homes, they are very common in mainland Europe and have been in use for a number of years.
Join Josie for your air source heat pump 101 class in which she’ll explain everything from how the technology works to heat your new home, to what the pump actually looks like and where it’s situated.
Our ‘fabric-first’ approach
Building premium, energy-efficient new Redrow homes starts with our fabric-first approach. What does this mean? Well it’s about building energy efficiency into the very fabric of the home, using enhanced insulation and highly-efficient doors, windows and heating systems to reduce the home's energy use and retain heat.
Our new homes are designed around open-plan living spaces and our large windows let in more natural light, reducing the reliance on electric lighting. We also know how important fresh air is and a series of vents and fans help circulate air in the home and reduce the chance of condensation.
Your questions about Eco Electric home answered
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Our new generation Eco Electric homes mean you can enjoy superb future-ready features, including air source heat pumps, even thicker insulation – and the wonderful warmth of underfloor heating throughout the habitable ground floor areas. Underfloor heating availability can vary between house types and developments, so it’s worth speaking with your local Sales Experts for more information.
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Yes, you will pay more for an Eco Electric home than an Eco Now home.
Prices of all our homes vary depending on location and the specifics of each plot. We recommend signing up to My Redrow to select your favourite locations and house types in order to receive direct alerts on property availability.
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An air source heat pump is a renewable and energy-efficient alternative to traditional gas boilers that could reduce your carbon footprint and your energy bills.
What makes them different to traditional heating systems that either burn fuel or convert electricity, is that heat pumps don’t actually generate heat. The pump takes ambient heat from outside – even in sub-zero temperatures – and transfers it to renewable energy inside your home. The air source heat pump warms the house at a consistent temperature and requires very little management or maintenance.
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Outside air is blown over a network of tubes filled with a refrigerant. This warms up and turns from a liquid into a gas. It’s passed through a compressor, into a heat exchanger and surrounded by cool water, making it warm. This warm water is then circulated around your home through underfloor heating and radiators upstairs to provide your heating and hot water.
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New Redrow Eco Electric homes come with air source heat pumps (ASHP) and are designed from the ground up to get the best out of them. This includes working alongside underfloor heating in our detached homes.
This has the added benefit of removing radiators on the ground floor, giving you more flexible living space.
If you still don’t want an ASHP or underfloor heating, we have a range of high-specification new Eco Now homes that are heated by highly-efficient gas boilers.
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The air source heat pump is a similar size to an air conditioning unit and is usually located at the side or rear of your new home.
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They only need servicing annually, just like a traditional boiler.
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Not really. It’s actually quieter than a modern condensing gas boiler on full demand. Noise levels are very low, with most people only noticing the unit to be on if they were to feel the fan blowing at them.
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Look out for references to ‘Eco Electric’. This tells you the new homes you are looking at are heated by an air source heat pump.
Keep an eye out on our website for upcoming developments or sign up to My Redrow to select your favourite locations and receive property availability alerts.
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Underfloor heating is available across the ground floor of the majority of our new Eco Electric homes. This can vary between housetypes and developments, so it’s worth speaking with your local Sales Experts for more information.
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Underfloor heating is provided in the habitable ground floor areas of our new Eco Electric homes. Underfloor heating availability can vary between housetypes and developments, so it’s worth speaking with your local Sales Experts for more information.
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We offer PV / solar panels and encourage all customers to seriously consider them.
Not only could you reduce your energy bills but you will improve the EPC rating of your home.
In a new Eco Electric home, this increases to an ‘A’ rating and has the added benefit of meaning your home is zero carbon ready as the national grid is decarbonised.
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Air source heat pumps are far better for the environment as they don’t emit any carbon. They are also up to 350% efficient, producing more heat than they take in.
