Climate change extremes and the need to reduce energy consumption are putting increasing strain on the world's housing.
But at a university in northern England, a group of academics, innovators and construction companies are tackling that challenge head on.
They are building two full-size family homes in an extraordinary climate chamber.
Al Jazeera's Paul Brennan reports from Salford, the United Kingdom.

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