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Lovell is working on the first housing scheme awarded by the Homes and Communities Agency’s (HCA) Delivery Partner Panel which has been set up to fast-track the development of new housing on public land.
The £5.6 million development for City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council will create 45 houses for social rent which are the city’s first zero carbon homes – and the city’s first new council housing for 30 years.
It will include 12 properties built to Level 6, the highest level of the Code for Sustainable Homes, the Government’s system for assessing the environmental performance of new housing. Zero carbon properties produce no carbon emissions by maximising their use of energy efficiency and sustainable technology. The development has been half funded by the Government's Homes and Communities Agency Local Authority New Build programme and half from prudential borrowing.
The Bradford zero carbon homes will be completed in March 2011 – five years in advance of 2016, the deadline set by the Government after which all new housing must be zero carbon.
The Level 6 properties will feature photovoltaic panels, which convert solar radiation into electricity, and a communal biomass boiler. The other 33 homes at the development will achieve Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes, making them 44 per cent more energy efficient than the standards set by current Building Regulations. Sustainable technology incorporated into the Level 4 homes includes solar heating and mechanical ventilation with heat recovery systems. Each property will also have a rainwater harvesting system.
Lovell Regional Director Noel Adams commented: "We are excited to be using our leading expertise in sustainable housing development to deliver the first project awarded through the Delivery Partner Panel. Our team has a strong track record in creating energy-efficient, high-quality housing and we are delighted to be working with Bradford Council and the community to build this new development which will include the city’s first zero carbon affordable homes."
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