Definitely looks like there's a Doctor Who story in this.
The house itself is simultaneously normal and bizarre. Normal because it's an everyday end-of-terrace, a common sight in every town and city. Bizarre because it's built in the centre of a large, pipe-filled laboratory, where a team of white-coated scientists freeze it, heat it and soak it with rainwater as they test the best ways to conserve energy.
"[It's] a large environmental chamber, arguably a large fridge. We can make the conditions in there change according to the weather we're looking at, so we can take it down to -12C or we can put it up to 3C," says Dr Fitton.
The house isn't occupied during testing; it's dotted with white cylinders that give off the same amount of energy as a person. But if someone were to move in, they would find everything they need. "Everything works, the TV, the fridge, the DVD player," he explains. "They all have to work to generate the correct amounts of energy and generate the correct amount of heat."
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46430620
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