Gressel Lane Case Study

Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust, Birmingham City Council’s brand name for new homes, has built the new council homes with Morro Partnership as part of a pilot project to build new high-quality, eco-friendly, cheaper-to-heat homes. The development is partly funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Midlands Engine.

As part of the council’s Route to Zero commitment to addressing climate change and reducing fuel poverty for its tenants, all the new homes include heat pumps, solar panels, electrical storage batteries, and other technologies that prevent the waste of heat and water.

Axis Desing and Birmingham City University will monitor the new technologies to analyse their effectiveness, gather information and learning to inform future developments. Initial findings will become the baseline for future decision-making, providing guidance for local authority officers and other stakeholders when commissioning new housing delivery, associated landscape and ecology projects.