Tag Archives: Housing
California city to get green prefab housing
Artist’s rendering of completed Tierra del Sol home.(Credit: Zeta Communities) Zeta Communities broke ground yesterday on a net-zero housing development in Stockton, Calif., the company announced.The housing community, which will consist of 22 units, is being developed by the nonprofit group Visionary Home Builders of California.Zeta Communities is known for its affordable, green prefab homes … Continue reading
Housing association installs 100,000th glazing unit
A social housing provider in the north-east has celebrated the landmark occasion of installing its 100,000th glazing unit. South Tyneside Homes, which manages 18,000 council homes in the borough, has run a home improvement programme to help residents reduce their energy bills and cut carbon emissions. It is also effective at reducing outside noise.The organisation … Continue reading
Housing trust pledges £7m in solar PV project
The news feeds on this site are independently provided by Adfero Limited © and do not represent the views or opinions of the Energy Saving Trust. Saffron Housing Trust has announced that it is to spend £7 million installing solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roofs of 1,000 of its properties. The organisation, which manages … Continue reading
Plans unveiled for off-grid housing development
Plans have been revealed for a new housing development in Brighton that will run off-grid, generating its own energy and meeting Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. PortZED is awaiting planning permission and has 67 apartments in six buildings, complete with wind turbines, solar thermal and photovoltaic panels.In order to encourage healthy competition … Continue reading
‘Still confusion’ over sustainable housing
The news feeds on this site are independently provided by Adfero Limited © and do not represent the views or opinions of the Energy Saving Trust. There are still major gaps in knowledge of sustainable housing, according to Neil May, chairman of the Good Homes Alliance.Writing for 24housing magazine, he suggested that the industry and … Continue reading
Work begins on first PassivHaus social housing project
Work has begun on the UK’s first social housing development to be built to the PassivHaus standard.Twelve properties near Horsham in West Sussex will meet the strict German eco criteria, which has so far been used for a small number of private developments in the UK.A further 26 homes on the street will be built … Continue reading
SHIFT recognises ‘forward thinking’ housing groups
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has named 32 of the most “environmentally forward thinking” social housing providers under the Sustainable Homes Index For Tomorrow (SHIFT) benchmark.Two members were commended, while 13 achieved Bronze Awards, 16 achieved Silver and one member, Wakefield and District Housing, achieved the Gold Award. It was the first time that … Continue reading
Low carbon housing is a ‘challenge and an opportunity’
Meeting the low carbon agenda will be a challenge as well as an opportunity for the construction sector.This is the view of Paul Morrell, leader of the Innovation and Growth Team (IGT), a group of construction experts involved in the task of examining sustainability targets in the sector for the government.“It will require radical change … Continue reading
Energy efficient, affordable housing on offer
Latest news 15 June 2010 Local families have been offered the chance to buy energy efficient, affordable homes in West Sussex. The site of the former St Giles Day Care Centre now hosts 26 new homes, following a View the Original article
VAT cut could boost green housing, poll suggests
Latest news 08 June 2010 A recent poll carried out by Experian has suggested that cutting the VAT rate could spur on green housing projects, the Green Building Press has reported. Grahame Barn, director of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in Scotland and John Mckinney, Scottish secretary of the National Specialist Contractors’ Council, suggested … Continue reading