諾丁漢內城社區有一棟低碳住宅，位置接近大眾交通運輸，服務與購物點，本文說明其設計並建築爲一個生活－工作－成長之計畫。爲因應環境變遷而設計，它利用環境來減少能源之使用，特別是以延伸相鄰的階磚來隔離它們。使用迭代建模方法之開發設計，運用日光間與被動式流通空氣之組合，它同時也研究整合熱能儲存／緩衝牆於日光間以調整夏日氣溫不斷升高之可能性。採用整體設計方法，該計畫將蘊藏能源物料與質量、區域規劃、雨水回收、能源製造與能源使用之控制與限制整合在一起。本文說明該計畫之背景並探討環境之使用，並論及被動方法與架構設計之重覆使用。它提出了物料使用，建築計畫，現行過程與控制系統與學習建設建築物之課程。未來研究將包含監測現況之效能，及日光間暴露量之改變的影響。

A low carbon house in a Nottingham inner-city community. Close to public transport, services and shops, it was designed and built as a 'live-work-grow' project. Designed for a changing climate, it exploits context to reduce energy usage, in particular extending adjacent brick terraces to insulate them. Using an iterative modelling approach to develop a design which employs a combination of sunspaces and passive ventilation, it also investigates possibilities for integrating a mass heat storage/buffer wall to modulate rising summer temperatures within the sunspace.Employing a holistic design approach, the project integrates low embodied energy materials with mass, zoned planning, rainwater recovery, energy generation and the control and limiting of energy use. The paper describes the project, its background and explores the use of context. It discusses the passive approach and iterative use of modelling in the design. It outlines the use of materials, construction methods, current progress with the control systems and lessons learned in making the building. Future research will include live monitoring of performance 'as is' and with variations to the exposed mass of the sunspace.