Innovation, climate resilience and fabric efficiency lie at the heart of our development programme. In summer 2021 we embarked on an exciting journey to bring new homes to the county borough, with an Innovative Housing Pilot programme delivering 18 one-bedroom apartments, for social rent, across two small brownfield sites in the Caerphilly basin.

Working with construction expert Willmot Dixon and local steel manufacturer Caledan, we became the first local authority in Wales to utilise modern methods of construction and manufacturing techniques to develop modular, steel framed homes to certified Passivhaus standard.

The project was supported by £3.1million funding from Welsh Government’s Innovative Housing Programme.

Rising energy costs and climate concerns are high on the Council’s agenda and the Caerphilly Innovative Housing Pilot aims to tackle these, whilst also providing safe and secure homes for those in most need.

Through adopting a fabric first approach the homes include very high levels of insulation, extremely high-performing triple glazed windows with insulated frames, an airtight and non-combustible building fabric, and a mechanical heat ventilation system.