Eco Efficiency
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Angela Carter Close
Published: 06 November 2010
The scheme is a development on Lambeth land for Metropolitan Housing Trust and creates new sustainable, affordable homes for local people in housing need. The houses achieve ECO homes excellent and it is the second FSC Labelled housing scheme in the UK. The team was asked to work on the project by Metropolitan Housing Trust following on from the success of Boatemah Walk which was the first FSC labelled building in the UK
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Cross Street
Published: 12 January 2011
Cross Street South in Blakenhall, Wolverhampton is a new build housing scheme providing 30 homes for rent comprising of 27, two-bedroomed flats and 3, four-bedroomed houses. Wolverhampton City Council, the owner of the site, sought a Housing Association partner to develop a highly sustainable and innovative housing scheme.
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Fieldways - Zero Carbon House
Published: 06 November 2010
In December 2006 the Government announced its intention to make the UK the World's first 'Zero Carbon' economy to help reduce the impact of climate change and set an example to the rest of the World. This was in response to the Stern Report, 'The Economics of Climate Change', which explains that the more we do now to mitigate the effects of climate change the less our economies will be affected in future.