BRE held The Code for Sustainable Housing Awards in Westminster earlier this week. St Edmunds Developments was one of nine organisations awarded for their efforts in delivering homes under the Government's Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) scheme.
The developer built the 100,000 home to the Code which, when introduced in 2007 challenged the sector to design and build with significantly lower environmental impacts. Other award winners included, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Southern Housing, Fairview New Homes, Victory Housing, Leazes Homes, Stock Woolstencroft, Richard Hodkinson Consultancy, Michael Axtell from Queensbury Design and Bill Dunster of Zed Factory.
The 2013 Code for Sustainable Homes Awards recognises the wide range of stakeholders across the housing sector that have made tremendous progress in delivering against the environmental, business and customer challenges in green housing provision. They ranges from private and social housing developers, planning authorities, specifiers and funding bodies, to architectural practices, engineers, product manufacturers and Code assessors.
Alan Yates, Technical Director for Sustainability at BRE, said “The Government is currently reviewing housing standards. Before the regulatory landscape changes we need to recognise the significant time, effort and investment of all the stakeholder groups, involved in delivering sustainable homes as well as appreciate the many tangible benefits that sustainable housing brings: householders can enjoy smaller utility bills, greater security, reduced flood risks, increased natural lighting, improved sound insulation, and many other benefits not currently recognised within Building Regulations."
During the awards ceremony a special lifetime achievement award was presented to British Architect Bill Dunster OBE for his contribution to low carbon and sustainable housing, with his pioneering Zedfactory zero-carbon design housing developments. Bills latest Zedfactory product ‘Zero Bills Home’, aims to deliver an affordable and beautiful home that costs less to live in than a home built to the minimum standards of Building Regulations.