Search is on for the most energy efficiency homes in Wales
24 June 2009
The Welsh Assembly Government and Blaenau Gwent Council have launched a competition to design some of the most energy efficient eco homes in the UK.
The first two homes will be built at The Works: Ebbw Vale for the cost of no more than standard houses – and they will be ready in 12 months time.
The competition is a unique opportunity for the design and construction industry to create the Welsh Passive House – combining the principles of the highly efficient PassivHaus low carbon building standards pioneered in Germany with the higher levels of the Code for Sustainable Homes in Wales(CSH).
Coun Des Hillman, Leader of Blaenau Gwent Council, said:
“Our partnership eco-homes competition is a great challenge – and that’s what The Works is all about. We are up for the challenge of bringing the very best to Blaenau Gwent and the Heads of the Valleys.
