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November 5, 2008 - The government should revise its target to build 3m new homes by 2020 in the light of the economic downturn, which gives ministers a chance to save greenfield land from development, says a new report. The Environmental Audit Committee has crticised the government for planning the building of more homes over minimising their carbon impact. more >
August 20, 2008 - Low Carbon Development - An Introductory Guide for Planners and Councillors' has been published by a partnership including Government Office for the East of England, Inspire East, Academy for Sustainable Communities and the Buildings Research Establishment.To help tackle emissions from the built environment, partners in the region identified the need for a short introductory guide to low and zero ... more >
August 13, 2008 - The development of an innovative, zero carbon neighbourhood in the centre of Peterborough moved a step closer today as pPod - a consortium consisting of Morris Homes, Gentoo Homes, and Browne Smith Baker architects - was selected as the preferred developer for Phase 1 of the city’s South Bank. more >
July 27, 2008 - Housing Minister Caroline Flint has set out the Government's latest proposals for the UK's toughest ever green standards for new housing in a progress report on eco-towns.Underlining the Government's determination that only the best quality schemes with very high sustainability standards should qualify for eco-town status. more >
April 6, 2008 - A recent opinion poll by Inbuilt shows that, despite generally embracing the Government ambition for zero carbon new homes by 2016, many major housebuilders are deeply uncomfortable about whether they can achieve this target.Dr David Strong, chief executive of Inbuilt, said: 'This was a targeted survey where we could speak at length with senior managers in seven of the UK’s largest national hous... more >
 The government is spearheading a new era in town-building. Ten environmentally friendly settlements of up to 10,000 homes each are already on the drawing board and, with 50 further bids for future ‘eco town’ status now submitted, that number looks set to rise. Over the past 25 years, the settlements that are the precursors of the UK’s proposed eco towns have been slowly developing
As the drivers towards zero carbon development increase, we need to understand which planning, design and construction options can help to achieve it. By Dr Paul Rowley
 Hanham Hall near Bristol is the first site to be developed in the English Partnerships’ Carbon Challenge. The initiative is testing the skills and appetite of developers to meet the zero carbon challenges of the future. EP’s Steve Carr says that Carbon Challenge will ‘set a standard for quality placemaking’
March 2, 2008 - Dr Neil Cutland, a director of Inbuilt, is one of the sustainability specialists on the UK Green Building Council task group that is reporting to Government on a potential new definition of 'zero carbon'. This new definition is designed to help UK housebuilders deliver genuinely zero carbon new homes by 2016. more >
February 28, 2008 - The danger of the ‘zero carbon agenda’ that has gripped the UK property industry is that it ignores social and economic sustainability and could result in highly perverse outcomes, leading architects, planners and property developers were warned today. Speaking on the first day of the Ecobuild conference in London, Dr David Strong, chief executive of Inbuilt Consulting, called for an urgent r... more >
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