Mohawk’s SmartStrand carpet is playing a role in low cost affordable housing made from renewable materials that achieve Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes.

The Renewable House was created in 2009 at BRE’s Innovation Park in Watford to show that sustainable social housing can be built at competitive price and with renewable materials. Now leased by the not-for-profit InCrops Enterprise Hub, the house is undergoing refurbishment in partnership with renewable product manufacturers including Mohawk.

The carpet fibre is made from 37% Bio-PDO, a derivative of corn, and reduces CO2 emissions by 63% compared to an equivalent amount of nylon 6 fibre. With 30% less energy used in its production, SmartStrand offers a more sustainable residential carpet option.

‘SmartStrand fits in well with our model to produce sustainable low cost housing using renewable materials,” comments Ben Binns, InCrops business innovation manager for the built environment. ‘Reducing reliance on resources that cannot be replenished is vital in the development of future sustainable housing, but it is also important that it remains affordable. We are delighted that in Mohawk, we have found a partner that believes in this.’

Some 80 of the homes in Swindon, Wiltshire with a further 114 in Diss, Norfolk proving the methodology of affordable homes at high volume that offer significantly minimised embodied CO2 and achieve Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes.

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