The houses at Electric Wharf were designed to be as efficient as the site constraints would allow. Benefiting from a southerly aspect the project took advantage of solar gain with passive design that uses high thermal mass and large areas of glazing to maximise its thermal performance. The external envelope was designed to better building regulations standards and improve thermal efficiency and air-tightness. The traditional typology of terraced housing was remodelled

to allow the living spaces to be on the uppermost level, taking advantage of the roofspace and allowing better daylighting through the use of large areas of glazing and rooflights. This obviously gives better opportunity for views from living spaces and vastly reduces the requirement for artificial lighting.