The multi-million pound secret hidden inside a Corrie house that'll change how we all live

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It's the type of two-bed Victorian terrace house you can find on the backstreets of any town in Greater Manchester. But this home doesn't come with 2.4 kids and a cobbled alley out the back.

It's actually inside a vast multi-million pound lab at Salford University where scientists can control the weather. And it's at the forefront of the UK's efforts to reduce domestic energy use, cut household bills and help save the planet in the process.

This is Energy House, three huge climate-controlled chambers where different types of homes are 'put through their paces', in the words of Prof Richard Fitton. READ MORE: The buildings are subjected to snow storms, wind and rain.

Temperatures can be cranked up to 40C, or plunged to -20C. In tandem with the construction industry, different types of energy saving measures are fitted to the homes, then researchers test their effectiveness. "Anywhere people live, more or less, we can recreate those conditions." said Prof Fittton. "Our chambers allow us to put extreme conditions onto the buildings. "In essence we put a house in a fridge or a cooker and measure how it performs." The 'Coronation Street-style terrace' is aimed at testing for the most effective retrofitting measures for homes built in a time when the climate crisis is reaching breaking point.