As a shortlist of 15 new Eco-towns is announced by Housing Minister Caroline Flint, BBC Look East’s Mike Liggins visits the new residents of the completed GreenGauge Homes scheme at Lingwood, Norfolk.
The scheme of 15 timber framed GreenGauge Homes is the first to be completed by a partnership between Architects Barefoot & Gilles, Flagship Housing Group and Oxbury & Co, and constructed by Youngs Homes.
Mike shows how the scheme, which is being monitored by the University of East Anglia and funded by Carbon Connections, is made of four groups of houses, each using a combination of different technologies for energy saving and generation.
He interviews Martin Aust, Business Growth Director at Flagship Housing Group about the benefits of affordable eco-homes, and meets Sian, one of the residents who is looking forward to lower bills.
This article originally appeared in the Eastern Daily Press on 3 April 2008:
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