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Vicaima
More than 200 white and grey
interior doors from Vicaima’s
Ecodor range have been installed
throughout the new Les Ormes
Lodge and Leisure Village near
St Brelade in Jersey. Frank
Ronksley, Senior Buyer at A C
Mauger Construction says “We
were very happy with Vicaima’s
Ecodor range for Les Ormes, because we were keen to use timber
from sustainable sources wherever we could and the design of
Vicaima’s Ecodor complemented the quality of the materials and
finishes we have adopted throughout the village”.
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Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsubishi Electric has extended the
range of Ecodan
®
water and space
heating products with the addition of two
new models, offering UK households a
viable and sustainable low carbon system
that is ready to match the growing
demand for low cost, low energy heating.
The Ecodan series will now be packaged
with a wider range of tank sizes and
specifications and is also available as a
stand-alone unit for situations where a
packaged solution is not required.
This last development allows Ecodan to
utting-edge a place designed to make it easy
be used with a greater array of pumps,
valves, controls and tanks.
principles for for residents to reduce their
the agencies ecological footprint by two thirds
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involved in and their carbon dioxide emissions
Cdeveloping by 80 per cent below 1990 levels.
proposals for eco-towns The report proposes features of
have been published by places designed for living within
BioRegional and CABE ecological limits. These include
(Commission for generous space to grow food;
Architecture and the ample tree canopy cover;
Built Environment). attractive alternatives to shopping
as the default leisure activity; and
One Planet Living substantial reduction in car
Our current way of life in the UK, dependency. It provides clear
in common with other developed criteria and practical guidance on
countries, is unsustainable. how the sustainability of
Globally, population is rising rapidly settlements can be monitored
and ecological footprinting shows and tested.
we are consuming 25 per cent Eco-town architects and
more renewable resources every developers have a key role in the
year than the planet can replenish. areas of housing and construction
If everyone in the world consumed and home energy, which together
as much as we do in the UK, we account for 31 per cent of a
would need three planets to person’s carbon dioxide emissions
support us. Of course we only and 26 per cent of their ecological
have one. Therefore, we need to footprint. The recommended
reduce our ecological footprint in criteria include adopting the
the UK by two thirds, from 5.4 Building for Life gold standard for all
global hectares (gha) to 1.8gha. residential developments, and a 100
Carbon dioxide emissions need per cent renewable energy supply.
to be reduced by 80 per cent The report describes how a 60
from 11.87 to 2.37 tonnes per per cent reduction can be secured
person per year to mitigate further in the ecological footprint and
climate change. carbon dioxide emissions
associated with food through
What makes an Eco Town measures which include making
The report, What makes an space for food growing and links
eco-town?, defines an eco-town as with local farms.
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