What is Aerated Concrete?
Cellular aerated concrete is a versatile, lightweight, precast building material. In comparison to normal dense concrete, aerated concrete boasts excellent sound insulation, better fire resistance and the ability to accumulate the indoor temperature. It was first...
What are the Danish 2020 Regulations?
The Danish Government have set a 2050 target that Denmark should use 100% renewable energy in both the energy and transport sectors. The Danish building directive have called for a 2020 target of a 75% reduction in energy consumption for new buildings...
Dutch Royal Visit to Ireland
This week the Dutch royals are due to visit Ireland against the backdrop of intensive moves to forge closer relations between the Irish State and the Netherlands post Brexit. Ireland and the Netherlands have always had extensive trade links with the Republic exporting...
Climate Change & IGBC
What is climate change and what can we do to prevent it? These are two of the most prevalent questions people are asking today. Essentially climate change is changes in the average temperature of our planet which have always occurred. But today when we discuss climate...
Urban Village 4000
Our partners, Tempohousing Denmark are delighted to have turned the soil on their new beautiful residential project in Roskilde, Denmark, Urban Village 4000. The site has a total size of 3,626 m² which will make up 48 homes each with their own balcony or private...
High Strength, Low Weight “Metallic Wood” has the Strength of Titanium and the Density of Water
A new material has been created that is challenging Titanium. The material known as “metallic wood” is as strong as Titanium but five times lighter. In a paper published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, a team from the University of Pennsylvania and the...
Can Micro-Homes Help to Solve London’s Housing Crisis?
The long debate on whether micro homes can help to solve London’s housing crisis continues, and it seems a more positive outlook on the option is now becoming more prevalent. A new report published today by the Adam Smith Institute has suggested that this can be just...
Christmas Recipes
Looking for some ideas on what to bake for the festive season? Then look no further, click on our recipe cards to download and get the oven on. These three easy to make recipes will certainly go down a treat with the whole family. Even the little ones will...
Dublin City University Visit
Tempohousing headed to Dublin after their trip to Bristol to host their latest showroom, ”The TARDIS” at Dublin City University. Our apartment measuring (3.5 W x 7.6 L) was extremely well received by all who came to visit us. It earned the nickname “The...
Bristol Housing Festival Outcome
Inspired by the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Bristol Housing Festival took place from the 19th October until the 4th November and coincided with the Global Parliament of Mayors. More than 6,000 people visited Bristol Housing Festival’s launch exhibition, the first...
Tempohousing’s Newest Employee
Tempohousing would like to introduce its newest employee, Sandy Sanbot. Sandy Sanbot is an intelligent, cloud-enabled service robot and she will be joining us at the Bristol Housing Festival to help showcase our prototype. She will be on hand to provide information...
Bristol Housing Festival
Inspired by the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Bristol Housing Festival will take place in October 2018. This will coincide with Bristol acting as host to the Global Parliament of Mayors – providing a global audience for the festival. Following the launch, the Festival...
Demand for Modular Buildings up by 6% in 2017
According to a report carried out by AMA Research, there has been a 6% increase in the UK market for prefabricated volumetric modular buildings and portable accommodation in 2017. This has shown a significant improvement on 2016, where there was a dip in market value...
Micro Living – Redefined
The ever-growing population of the UK has brought the government to the conclusion that 300,000 new homes per year need to be provided. That’s a lot of homes with not a lot of space particularly in London. These kinds of problems call for ‘micro living’ homes as the...
Eco-Friendly Construction
Here at Tempohousing, we are big advocates of looking after our environment which is one of the reasons we love off-site construction. Manufacturing off-site decreases the damage to the environment on a massive scale. We provide many features that not only help...
Can you Build in both Modular and Traditional Methods?
Hybrid animals, hybrid cars, hybrid plants, even hybrid foods, these days you can get a hybrid of almost anything, so why not hybrid construction? Take our hotel project in Haiti, Servotel. This project was designed and erected using a traditionally built three...
What is the Difference Between Modular and Traditional Construction?
Modular or off-site construction are quite the buzz words in the UK and Ireland lately, but do you really know what off-site construction is? Let me explain exactly what it is and the key differences between modular and traditional construction. Off-site...
Constructing a Hotel using Refurbished Shipping Containers
When you think of hotels you don’t generally think of shipping containers, right? You think of comfort, space, nice facilities, maybe even a gym or a pool. Well here at Tempohousing we have provided just that, using, you guessed it, refurbished shipping containers....
What Types of Insulation are used in Modular Construction?
Insulating your home is very important particularly with the weather in the UK and Ireland. It acts as a barrier against cold in the winter and disperses excess heat in the summer. In addition to keeping the optimum desired temperature all year round it...
Student Accommodation using Modern Methods of Construction
It is now 2018 and the demand for student accommodation for both Ireland and the UK is higher than ever. The numbers of both domestic and international students are rising thus the demand for housing these students is rising too. Unfortunately, at the...