Clearview Midlands October 2013 - Issue 143 | Page 78

ENERGYEFFICIENCY

RESOURCE
EFFICIENT
HOUSE
LAUNCHED
Scotland’s Environment Secretary, Richard
Lochhead launched the Resource Efficient
House on the BRE Innovation Park at
Ravenscraig in Lanarkshire earlier today.
The house is one of the first projects to
be delivered by the Scottish Government’s
Resource Efficient Scotland programme,
managed by Zero Waste Scotland, and built in
partnership with Tigh Grian Ltd.
The home demonstrates how the latest
principles in resource efficiency and waste
reduction can be applied in house building.
Currently an average three-bed home built in
Scotland can produce as much as 13 tonnes
of construction waste, costing up to £500 per
unit. The Resource Efficient House produced
less than five tonnes of construction waste,
with less than one tonne going to landfill.
As well as facilitating sustainable living for
occupants, the design of the house will ensure
maximum recycling and re-use of products at
its end of life.
Environment Secretary, Richard Lochhead
said “This house aims to be the most resource
efficient in Scotland and is a great example
of resource efficiency in action: showing how
businesses and householders can benefit when
we think carefully about how we use energy,
water and materials. If every house in Scotland

was like this then we would cut the amount of
construction waste being sent to landfill and
help make Scotland a more resource efficient
nation.”
Director of BRE Scotland Rufus Logan said
‘The Resource Efficient house is chock-full
of the innovation our small country is world
renowned for. This is evident in its design
right down to the products materials and
technologies it incorporates. The learning
from this project will be of huge benefit not
only to Scotland and the rest of the UK but
to countries around the world who are being
challenged to build with fewer resources.”

Iain Gulland, Director, Zero Waste Scotland,
said ‘The Resource Efficient House offers
home buyers, house builders and indeed
Scotland an innovative new approach to
low cost housing, combining an affordable
build and living cost with impressive ‘green’
credentials. But beyond this, what this model
offers is a potential industry for Scotland, with
jobs and economic benefits.”

More information about BRE Scotland go
to www.bre.co.uk/scotland

GREEN DEAL HELPING TO MAKE
HOMES MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT
The latest research shows that Green Deal assessments are
continuing to help people across England and Wales make their
homes more energy efficient.
Research found that from a sample of households that had a Green
Deal assessment, 81% of households have already, are in the process of
or intend to install at least one energy efficiency home improvement.
56% of households have already installed at least one measure, a further
6% are in the process of having instalments, and 19% said they intend
to have something installed.
This new research also shows the range of different methods people
are using to pay for work following a Green Deal assessment. Some are
supported via the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and others are
using savings or regular income.

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There is also evidence that an increasing number of households plan
to use Green Deal finance, with 24% of those planning to install
measures indicating they intend to take out a Green Deal Plan.

‘Completely new, ambitious and long term’
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey said: “The
Green Deal is a completely new, ambitious and long-term programme.
It’s still early days but the results from this latest research really
underline that people want to take action to make their homes warmer
and more efficient, and to keep their bills down.”
The research was conducted from a survey of 500 households that had
a Green Deal assessment between 1st April and 30th June 2013.

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