Sustainable Housing Project Announced for Camden

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Camden Council has recently announced the shortlist of architects who will be competing for the position of designing sustainable housing for one of the estates in the borough.

The sustainable housing will be located at the Maiden Lane estate, following an investment of £500,000 in December 2009 that will help to get the work off to a great start.

Local Councillor, Chris Naylor, who is executive member for homes and housing strategy at Camden Council, called the project an ‘exciting opportunity’. He added that there is a real need for environmentally friendly homes in the area, especially when it comes to larger families.

Measures to be included in sustainable buildings are eco friendly construction techniques and insulation in walls and lofts. Double glazing is also an important way of keeping homes naturally warmer to reduce energy costs. This is extremely important as more and more people are now living in fuel poverty.

This announcement has followed the news that North London council will be creating a second ‘eco house’ with £150,000 of funding from the government.

The Green Building Press reported that the project is following from a recent success story, where retrofitting in homes successfully meant that carbon emissions were cut down by 65%.

This second eco friendly home, which is a Victorian terraced property built in the 1880s, could cut down on emissions by around 80 percent if it makes use of such techniques mentioned above, as well as renewable energy generators.