Good Homes Alliance
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The Good Homes Alliance is a group committed to promoting sustainable development
in housing
in the United Kingdom
. Members include housing developers, building professionals, suppliers, landowners, sustainability experts, as well as other interested companies and organisations.
Developer members have to make the commitment that at least 50% of their new homes will meet EcoHomes
'Excellent' standard, will emit at least 70% less carbon dioxide (compared to the UK average for the building type in 2003), and that will be monitored and assessed after occupation. They also subscribe to a charter containing eight further principles.
In addition to construction and promotion of its developments, the Alliance will be involved in education (through seminars, research, and information sharing), lobbying
Government and land owners to encourage sustainability legislation and specifications, and raising awareness of sustainable development in the media and among the general public.
. Other organisations have since joined.
Green building
Green building refers to a structure and using process that is environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition...
in housing
House
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. Members include housing developers, building professionals, suppliers, landowners, sustainability experts, as well as other interested companies and organisations.
Developer members have to make the commitment that at least 50% of their new homes will meet EcoHomes
EcoHomes
EcoHomes is an environmental rating scheme for homes in the United Kingdom. It is the domestic version of the Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method BREEAM, which can also be applied to a variety of non-residential buildings....
'Excellent' standard, will emit at least 70% less carbon dioxide (compared to the UK average for the building type in 2003), and that will be monitored and assessed after occupation. They also subscribe to a charter containing eight further principles.
In addition to construction and promotion of its developments, the Alliance will be involved in education (through seminars, research, and information sharing), lobbying
Lobbying
Lobbying is the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in the government, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. Lobbying is done by various people or groups, from private-sector individuals or corporations, fellow legislators or government officials, or...
Government and land owners to encourage sustainability legislation and specifications, and raising awareness of sustainable development in the media and among the general public.
Founding
The Good Homes Alliance is to be officially launched on Wednesday February 28, 2007 at the Ecobuild 2007 exhibition. It was founded by four housing developers - BioRegional Quintain, Cornhill Estates, Kingerlee Homes, and Swan Country Homes, together with Natural Building Technologies, the Sustainable Development Foundation, The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, Working Group, and the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies at University College LondonUniversity College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
. Other organisations have since joined.
See also
- Association for Environment Conscious Building
- Code for Sustainable HomesCode for Sustainable HomesThe Code for Sustainable Homes is an environmental impact rating system for housing in England and Wales, setting new standards for energy efficiency and sustainability which are not mandatory under current building regulations but represent important developments towards limiting the...
- Energy efficiency in British housingEnergy efficiency in British housingDomestic housing in the United Kingdom presents a possible opportunity for achieving the 20% overall cut in UK carbon dioxide emissions targeted by the Government for 2010...
- National House Building CouncilNational House Building CouncilThe National House Building Council was originally set up as the National House Builders Registration Council in the United Kingdom in 1936...