Luxury homes can be eco-friendly too. Scottish construction Stewart Milne Group plans to build UK’s first five-star near-zerocarbon neutral) house state-of-the-art environmental house.

The house being built by Stewart Milne is aiming to achieve a five star rating, but within a commercially viable design for volume produced housing, developed with PRP architects, which responds to the issues facing house builders and their customers.

The design of the new houses will help reduce energy consumption by incwind turbine on thesolar chimney, a fitted bathroom pod, open-tread stairs to let the air circulate, and under-floor Water-saving devices will keep use below 80 litres per person per day. Extensive terraces will be built into the design at upper levels to maximise outdoor space in urban environments

Glenn Allison, MD of Stewart Milne Group, says

Our decision to create this potentially 5 star house as a commercial reality gives us the opportunity to show key influencers in the housing sector that it is feasible to build low carbon houses in an affordable fashion.

Take a look at the another interesting eco-friendly prSambala group on Santiago Island.Those ofplan to build eco-friendly homes can take a cue from these projects.

Via: The Herald

Posted by: Rekha    Source

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