Homeowners and landlords can now see for themselves how the government’s new Green Homes Grant scheme can help make their homes warmer and more energy efficient. Business and Energy Secretary Alok Sharma recently unveiled a new opportunity for consumers to get tips for making their homes more energy efficient, and details
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New partnership to deliver zero-carbon affordable homes
Developer Hill Group has formed a joint venture partnership with Bioregional Homes to build zero-carbon, affordable homes that are for sale to local people. The partnership will embrace Bioregional Homes’ One Planet Living® principles – building homes that are zero carbon, from sustainable materials using modern methods of construction
Green housing boosts Bristol’s carbon drive
Work has started on a green housing initiative that supports Bristol’s drive to be a carbon neutral city by 2030. The 50 affordable homes in Shaldon Road are being constructed to PassivHaus principles, delivering high levels of energy efficiency and environmental enhancement. The two, three and four bedroomed properties, which
5 sustainable home upgrades worth making
The Rookery – new Build eco-let in Lancashire
A professional carpenter and artist husband-and-wife team in Lancashire have generated a profitable business after transforming a derelict lean-to into a sophisticated urban eco-retreat in an area of outstanding natural beauty in Roughlee, East Lancashire. The Rookery, a detached stone property with grass roof, has plenty of unusual features, as
