New Sustainable Housing

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Explaining uses of sustainable features in an ecological housing development.

Discussion with the manager of the Awel Aman Tawe ecological housing developers explaining uses of sustainable features in a housing development in West Wales in 2004 - includes use of wood pellets, solar heating from solar panels, flax insulation and biomass.
From: Week In Week Out Building Tomorrow
First Broadcast : 22 June 2004

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 11-14,14-16,16+

Subject : Geography

Topic : Environmental issues, Sustainable development

Keywords : Welsh housing, Sustainable housing, Biomass, Flax, Eco-houses, Alternative energy sources

Notes : Use clip to show how sustainable materials and energy can be used in new house building; looking at alternative energy sources.


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