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THE LIGHTHOUSE: The UK’s first zero-emission home

06/13/2007
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  • zero-emission, zero, carbon free, no emissions, sustainable residence, sustainable house, Sheppard Robson, Kingspan Off-Site, Sustainable Homes Level 6, home, residence, offsite 2007
    With the new housing regulations coming into effect in England, which will mandate that all homes in the country be emission free by 2016, the race was on for designers and builders to come up with the first prototype of what such a house will look like. Currently being exhibited in the Big Build Innovation Park area of the BRE's OFFSITE2007 exhibition, The Lighthouse designed by Sheppard Robson, in conjunction with Arup and Kingspan Off-Site is the first house to meet these strict requirements....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lighthouse-uks-first-zero-emission-home/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • zero-emission, zero, carbon free, no emissions, sustainable residence, sustainable house, Sheppard Robson, Kingspan Off-Site, Sustainable Homes Level 6, home, residence, offsite 2007
    With the new housing regulations coming into effect in England, which will mandate that all homes in the country be emission free by 2016, the race was on for designers and builders to come up with the first prototype of what such a house will look like. Currently being exhibited in the Big Build Innovation Park area of the BRE's OFFSITE2007 exhibition, The Lighthouse designed by Sheppard Robson, in conjunction with Arup and Kingspan Off-Site is the first house to meet these strict requirements....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lighthouse-uks-first-zero-emission-home/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • zero-emission, zero, carbon free, no emissions, sustainable residence, sustainable house, Sheppard Robson, Kingspan Off-Site, Sustainable Homes Level 6, home, residence, offsite 2007
    With the new housing regulations coming into effect in England, which will mandate that all homes in the country be emission free by 2016, the race was on for designers and builders to come up with the first prototype of what such a house will look like. Currently being exhibited in the Big Build Innovation Park area of the BRE's OFFSITE2007 exhibition, The Lighthouse designed by Sheppard Robson, in conjunction with Arup and Kingspan Off-Site is the first house to meet these strict requirements....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lighthouse-uks-first-zero-emission-home/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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zero-emission, zero, carbon free, no emissions, sustainable residence, sustainable house, Sheppard Robson, Kingspan Off-Site, Sustainable Homes Level 6, home, residence, offsite 2007

With the new housing regulations coming into effect in England, which will mandate that all homes in the country be emission free by 2016, the race was on for designers and builders to come up with the first prototype of what such a house will look like. Currently being exhibited in the Big Build Innovation Park area of the BRE's OFFSITE2007 exhibition, The Lighthouse designed by Sheppard Robson, in conjunction with Arup and Kingspan Off-Site is the first house to meet these strict requirements....

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