Not your typical Barratt house
The government’s Carbon Challenge competition has produced its first winner – Barratt Developments, working with HTA architects and Arup among others, will build Britain’s first ‘eco-village’ on the site of the former Hanham Hall Hospital near Bristol.
Though on a more-modest, and many would argue more sensible scale, than the eco-towns, the Carbon Challenge schemes will have to go beyond zero carbon homes to inject a broader vision of ‘eco-lifestyle’. Hanhall Hall is to get rainwater capture, sustainable drainage, farmers’ shops, a car club and bicycle storage, while the main grade-ll listed building will be converted for community use. Onsite biomass CHP, supplying all homes in the scheme, will help achieve the requisite Level 6 in the Code for Sustainable Homes.
From RIBA Practice bulletin 427)
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