All Posts Tagged With: "Essex"

Woodlands in the East of England are set to provide fuel for the future after a new project received one of the largest funding awards of its kind in England.
The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) has awarded £4.3 million to increase the use of wood-based energy production.
The £10.7 million Woodfuel East project will help [...]

An official who cut the Environment Agency’s plan to build flood defences in Suffolk has moved to a new job. Dr Charles Beardall is now to become the regional flood and coastal risk manager for the east of England having been moved from his job as the Environment Agency’s area manager for Suffolk Norfolk and [...]

Sustainable building techniques and energy efficient mechanisms have resulted in the construction of the UK’s first commercial straw bale building.The building, commissioned by art seller Sworders, has straw bale walls and was opened in Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex.Amazonails built the walls, first erecting the roof and packing straw bales into the timber frame structure. The [...]

Construction of houses on a new development in Essex will create just a tenth of the waste created by traditional techniques.At the Newhall development in Harlow, 30 so-called Slo homes, or Simple Living Opportunities, are to be constructed – or rather installed.The buildings will each achieve three out of six stars on the Code for [...]