Plans to build one of the UK’s biggest ever “Zero Carbon” social housing developments in Airedale in West Yorkshire, have been given the go ahead. Following the green light from Wakefield Council, Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) and construction partners Keepmoat announced that work would begin on the visionary £12 million, 91 home Park Dale estate in Airedale. Part-funded by the HCA, each of the homes will use a ground-breaking combination of energy-saving and carbon-reducing features that will make the new estate one of the biggest ever “Zero Carbon” or “Code 6” social housing schemes in the country. Every home will have mechanical ventilation and heat recovery systems, photovoltaic panels that enable the landlord to sell power back to the National Grid, superior levels of internal air tightness and grey water recycling – in addition to many more energy-saving features. Homes in the new neighbourhood will draw heat from its own “Eco Centre” - a district biomass heating system that will be powered by renewable wood pellets produced in Yorkshire. Read more on the 24dash website.
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