Green Options » eco-towns in UK http://greenoptions.com/tag/eco-towns-in-uk Posts tagged 'eco-towns in UK' Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:29:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Eco-Towns Fail Carbon Neutral test http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/07/eco-towns-fail-carbon-neutral-test/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/07/eco-towns-fail-carbon-neutral-test/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:29:12 +0000 Kay Sexton http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/07/eco-towns-fail-carbon-neutral-test/ green roof and eco-townsBritain’s eco-towns have a number of ‘firsts’ to encourage their creation: they will be the first new towns built for more than forty years, they will be the first designed for sustainability (low and zero carbon technologies, recycling waste and water, public transport) and they be the first to meet two targets: containing 30-50% social housing and consisting together of 3 million new homes to be built by 2020.

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