Zero-carbon plan causes confusion
A report into identifying and overcoming barriers in the delivery of zero-carbon homes by 2016 was released yesterday. The report found that people were unsure of the regulations, but a…
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Zero-carbon homes of zero interest
The Times has learnt that only 15 houses qualified in the first year of a £15 million project to waive stamp duty on the building of hundreds of zero-carbon homes.…
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Ye olde eco-house
A zero carbon eco-house has been built based on design from the Middle Ages. The framework uses timbrel vaulting, a medieval technique from 14th century Spain, that creates a lightweight…
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Government committed to zero carbon target
Housing minister Margaret Beckett today established the government consultation process for making all new homes zero carbon from 2016, adding the government was ‘absolutely committedâ to the 2016 target. The…
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Government’s zero carbon target ‘unrealistic’
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has said that government targets to make all new homes zero carbon by 2016 are not realistic. RICS said the government will struggle…