Domestic energy assessors will get a chance to see what a home that is built to level six of the Code for Sustainable Homes looks like.A development on a former RAF barracks in Northstowe, is being overseen by English Partnerships, which is planning to meet its own Carbon Challenge scheme.The...

Every town could get its own biogas-burning power plant, according to ministers.Environment minister Joan Ruddock visited an anaerobic digestion plant which converts waste into biogas and fertiliser and was impressed, calling the technology the "way forward".For anaerobic digestion to take place, waste is placed in large tanks with bacteria. It...

Boosting the energy efficiency of their homes, and demonstrating enthusiasm for making energy savings has earned the residents of one Norfolk village an environmental award.Thurton in south Norfolk has won the Village Green competition held by the Energy Saving Trust (EST).About 30 villages entered the competition and Thurton came top,...

A development of 26 houses which meet Ecohomes excellent standards has received the go-ahead.The Three Gardens affordable housing development will use green materials and construction techniques to achieve a 60 per cent reduction in carbon emissions compared to standard buildings, according to a sustainability advisor.Buro Happold provided sustainability consultancy to...

Domestic energy assessors will get a glimpse of what a fully zero-carbon house looks like when a Peterborough development is completed.Consortium pPod was recently granted preferred developer status for a zero-carbon mixed-use project on seven hectares of the city's South Bank.The 344 homes on the project will achieve...