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specifi cally support horse riding and dog walking. Every house has both EV and e-bike charging. As well as the ability to hire e-bikes, there is also a bike club and shared car club. Plots have been “specifi cally orientated from a solar perspective,” with gardens, terraces, glazing and roof pitches for PV all carefully considered. “Design consequences were positive,” explains Devine. “Roof pitch geometry, south facing plots, plant space and electrical capacity were set early, so performance is designed in, not retrofi tted.” The scheme will include a 7.5 MW ‘solar park’ of PVs supporting the site with renewable energy. Community gardens and landscaping intertwined with the Blue and Green Spine will include vegetable patches, allotments and orchards to encourage healthier living. The overall layout will also, in the words of Devine, “generate community living through the specifi c design of boundary treatments.” Also included in the plan is The Sports Park – a recreational space for exercise, play and relaxing – and The Heritage Park, designed as a space where residents can meet and socialise, and also highlighting the mining heritage of the site and surrounding area. A new primary school and nursery – Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery – opened on the site in September 2025,
constructed offsite utilising MMC and designed as a zero-carbon in operation building. The school “makes full use of the unique setting with enriched outdoor learning,” says Devine.
The homes themselves are being constructed with a low carbon timber frame, and incorporate air source heat pumps and integrated solar PV, with high performance fabric. A number of the houses will also be equipped with battery storage to enhance renewable energy’s effectiveness. “The drivers are clear,” says Devine, “embodied carbon reduction, EPCA outcomes, buildability and operational savings. Homes that give more than they take.” In October 2025, Eco-Bos secured a partnership with Samsung to equip every home with SmartThings – an integrated smart home system incorporating the heat pumps, smart appliances and Samsung’s heating and hot water solution ClimateHub – allowing residents to optimise their energy use with its AI Energy Mode. “This locks the fabric fi rst and renewables strategy into everyday use,” Devine says. Current SAP modelling has indicated that each home will benefi t from up to £3,498 of savings per year, with any surplus energy exported. Eco-Bos has reported up to 9.28 tonnes of CO2
will be saved per home per
Up to 9.28 tonnes of CO2 will be saved per home
per year, with a potential £4,000 a year net benefi t
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