As house builders strive to meet the zero carbon homes target, the Good Homes Alliance (GHA) has teamed up with leading academics and other industry experts to launch a joint-venture to help improve the performance and sustainability of new homes. The project draws on pioneering, six-year analysis of over 700 units at Stamford Brook near Altrincham, undertaken by Leeds Metropolitan University and University College London (UCL). According to this analysis, disjointed regulations, inadequate architectural tools and poor project management were cited as some of the main reasons for failure to deliver low-energy housing. The joint venture, known as the LowCarb4Real project, part of the UrbanBuzz programme, will allow members throughout the industry to feedback on design, construction practices and production processes, to help identify and overcome the challenges ahead as we move towards the Governments target for zero carbon new homes by 2016.
18 August 2008
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