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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS PROJECT REPORT
A positive angle on net zero
Sustainable housebuilder Greencore Homes’ latest development – The Canopies in Oxfordshire – sets the bar high for industry peers, providing a carbon-positive collection of homes that align with Passivhaus performance levels to go ‘better than net zero.’ Roseanne Field reports.
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ustainability and low carbon building is at the forefront of any good development, to a greater degree than ever before. With the Future Homes Standard now launched, the Government is mandating that from 2028 all new homes will have to be fi tted with solar panels and heat pumps as standard. Under the standard, the emphasis with, any new development to build in a fabric fi rst’ and eco-friendly way, homes will be created in future that will serve not only their residents, but the wider environment, for years to come by cutting carbon emissions drastically. While most developers are making a broad effort to improve sustainability – whether through their own internal policies or driven by regulations, Greencore Homes are taking it to the next level.
As their name suggests, Greencore
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Homes is a fi rm built on the principle of sustainability. Their homes offer residents future-ready energy performance and healthier, more sustainable living as well as being better for them fi nancially, mentally and physically, and healthier for the planet. They assert that sustainability isn’t a tick box, and are passionate about proving exactly what is possible in new house construction. This is embodied in reencore’s orp certifi cation, which sets a legal obligation to put long term environmental impact at the centre of operations and projects. Located just outside the village of Milton in Oxfordshire, less than 10 minutes from the well-connected commuter town of idcot, is The anopies, a moderately-scaled development designed to Passivhaus levels of performance, thereby showcasing what Greencore
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