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Sustainability
We help shape the sustainable communities of
tomorrow
- Ability to offer a range of cost effective solutions at Levels
3 through to 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes and to the
Passivhaus standard
- Most prolific builder of zero carbon, Code Level 6 homes in the
country with over 100 zero carbon homes completed in 2011
- First in England to receive BRE certification to Code Level 4
of the Code for Sustainable Homes
- Large scale provider of warmer, quieter and more energy
efficient homes through our carbon reducing retrofit programme
- Constructors of the country's first BREEAM excellent rated
Extra Care housing development
- Providing leadership to our industry and stakeholders through a
range of national and local working groups, including informing
government policy on Green Deal and Zero Carbon Housing
- Best year on year improver in the 2010 Jones Lang LaSalle
NextGeneration sustainability benchmark
- Pro-actively managing our supply chain and procurement process
giving priority to locally sourced, recycled and low environmental
impact materials and products
- Measuring and reporting both our direct and indirect carbon
emissions as part of our ongoing response to climate change
- Members of the WRAP initiative, a commitment to reduce
construction waste and landfill site waste by half
- BS EN ISO14001 accredited across all our regeneration and homes
businesses
- Almost 100% of our legal completions are on brownfield
land