Smartroof’s smartPUC makes landmark debut at Lindridge Chase development

A new housing development in Sutton Coldfield has become the first site in the UK to incorporate Smartroof’s smartPUC system. Developed in close partnership with Taylor Wimpey’s Technical & Innovation team, smartPUC offers a practical, space-saving solution to integrating essential low-carbon technologies without sacrificing valuable living space. 

smartPUC is an offsite-manufactured, prefabricated utility cupboard system to be installed within the unused roof space of new homes. It provides a dedicated services cupboard, without compromising liveable space, for technologies such as larger hot water cylinders, heat pumps and solar PV inverters. By relocating these low-carbon technologies to the loft, smartPUC helps housebuilders preserve valuable living space, particularly in smaller plots. 

Lindridge Chase is a development of 178 two, three and four-bedroom homes, where 40 plots were selected to feature the smartPUC system. While the plots, at this stage, are powered by gas, the installation of smartPUC ensures that hot water cylinders and heat pumps can be retrofitted in the future, without any internal disruption or design changes. 

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