Vertical supply chain integration to deliver high volume ultra-low energy offsite construction

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To meet the target of decreasing CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050, new house builds must improve energyperformance by up to 80%, whilst the rate of construction must also double. The traditional supply chainstructure between end user and product suppliers means that the potential to capture innovation from productsuppliers and exploit this in a cohesive ultra-low energy (ULE, e.g. Passivhaus) end product is often lost due tothe inherent segregation of client, contractor and product suppliers.Citu developments LLP will collaborate with Leeds Beckett University to develop the first industrial scale ULEoffsite construction system, based on Passivhaus type concepts, but designed for UK brownfield applicationswhere build form and orientation cannot always be optimised for energy efficiency. This project will investigatethe feasibility of vertically integrating suppliers and an industrial manufacturing process with unprecedentedquality/control into a viable business model for commercial exploitation, to optimise the energy efficiency of aparticular site at a fraction of the cost of existing energy-efficient technologies.