Types of sustainable homes

There has been an increase in the number of projects that focus on building and providing sustainable homes. These homes are designed to reduce our carbon footprint by altering methods of construction and decoration as well as developing our habitat.

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Eco towns
Co-operative homes

Eco towns

In the UK, the Government is looking for a number of new eco-towns to be built. These new developments will contain between 5,000 and 15,000 new homes as well as green space, schools and other facilities often found in a new town. These eco-towns will have a focus on providing affordable housing in an environmentally friendly way. These towns will be designed to be low-energy and carbon-neutral developments which are built from recycled materials. They will also largely be car free (...) Read more

Co-operative homes

A co-operative house looks the same from the outside as other houses because it is not the way in which the house it built that is different, but the way in which it is owned and controlled. A housing co-operative ownership structure and commitment to co-operative principles makes it different to a housing association. A housing co-operative is formed when people join with each other to form a legal association which owns and controls a home or other community facilities. Basically, a (...) Read more