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01/02/2010
New Housing Development In Nottingham Begins
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A new sustainable housing development, Green Street in The Meadows, Nottingham, has started on site thanks to support from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).
The scheme, being delivered by multi-award winning developers Blueprint, will comprise 38 high quality three and four-bedroom homes in the Green Street/Fraser Road area adjacent to the Victoria Gardens on the Trent Embankment. The first 13 homes should be ready for occupation by autumn 2010 and the scheme should be complete by spring 2011.
Built by Lovell and designed by Nottingham architects Marsh Grochowski, the homes will achieve level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) and Building for Life Gold standard.
A sod-cutting took place on site, attended by Coun Alan Clark, Portfolio Holder for Neighbourhood Regeneration at Nottingham City Council, plus representatives of Blueprint, the HCA, Lovell, the Meadows Partnership Trust and Marsh Grochowski.
As sustainable low-energy homes, the Green Street houses will have levels of insulation and air tightness which far exceed current building regulations. All of the homes will have ground-level court yards and large roof terraces while most will also have balconies and private car ports/garages for parking.
Additional funding has been provided by the HCA to facilitate the delivery of the scheme, particularly with the costs of the enhanced design and sustainability features of the homes.
Pete Conboy, Development Director at Blueprint, said: "Green Street combines innovative design with leading-edge sustainability features, pushing the boundaries of how a low-energy housing project can work on a commercial scale.
"Blueprint has a track record of helping to redefine how buildings can look and work, and how they relate positively to their neighbours and environment.
"At Green Street, as with all our buildings, we have employed our sustainability philosophy to first and foremost drive down the need for energy use, in this case through significantly enhanced build quality providing super high levels of insulation and air-tightness."
(CD/GK)
The scheme, being delivered by multi-award winning developers Blueprint, will comprise 38 high quality three and four-bedroom homes in the Green Street/Fraser Road area adjacent to the Victoria Gardens on the Trent Embankment. The first 13 homes should be ready for occupation by autumn 2010 and the scheme should be complete by spring 2011.
Built by Lovell and designed by Nottingham architects Marsh Grochowski, the homes will achieve level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) and Building for Life Gold standard.
A sod-cutting took place on site, attended by Coun Alan Clark, Portfolio Holder for Neighbourhood Regeneration at Nottingham City Council, plus representatives of Blueprint, the HCA, Lovell, the Meadows Partnership Trust and Marsh Grochowski.
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As sustainable low-energy homes, the Green Street houses will have levels of insulation and air tightness which far exceed current building regulations. All of the homes will have ground-level court yards and large roof terraces while most will also have balconies and private car ports/garages for parking.
Additional funding has been provided by the HCA to facilitate the delivery of the scheme, particularly with the costs of the enhanced design and sustainability features of the homes.
Pete Conboy, Development Director at Blueprint, said: "Green Street combines innovative design with leading-edge sustainability features, pushing the boundaries of how a low-energy housing project can work on a commercial scale.
"Blueprint has a track record of helping to redefine how buildings can look and work, and how they relate positively to their neighbours and environment.
"At Green Street, as with all our buildings, we have employed our sustainability philosophy to first and foremost drive down the need for energy use, in this case through significantly enhanced build quality providing super high levels of insulation and air-tightness."
(CD/GK)
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