First zero emission home unveiled

by Radical_Images | June 11, 2007 at 02:17 am

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Well it looks different put no mention if we can afford it. More importantly with Global warming and Climate Change being such a hot issue and the fact that there are so many homes already built, I would have thought they would have looked at how to convert older houses to being zero carbon emissions as a priority.

First zero emission home unveiled

Kingspan Lighthouse

Smart metering will tell if energy is being wasted

A new house design that will be the first to meet the environmental standards all new UK homes must achieve by 2016 is being unveiled later.

Kingspan Off-Site's Lighthouse design is the first to achieve level six of the Code for Sustainable Homes.

The two-bedroom house is insulated to lose two-thirds less heat than a standard new home.

It features solar panels, a biomass boiler and water efficiency devices such as rainwater harvesting.