First green homes going up at Ebbw vale steelworks
A new mini-community of zero and near zero carbon homes on the site of the old steel works at Ebbw Vale aim to not only stimulate the development of a low carbon built environment in Wales but also to kick-start a green’ economy in the country. The Welsh Future Homes project is a unique development of three affordable houses and a visitor centre. One of the homes has been designed to meet Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes, making it a zero carbon home – the first to be achieved in Wales.
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Green Australian Pixel building
The Pixel building, recently constructed in Melbourne by Australian development and construction firm Grocon is not only the country’s first low carbon office building, it is also the greenest. Completed this month, Pixel attained a green building score of 100, which exceeded the 75-point threshold for a 6 Star Green Star rating, the highest available under the Green Building Council of Australia’s assessment system.
The building also is seeking certification at the high levels from the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED system and the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodd, better known as BREEAM, based in the United Kingdom.
The innovative building, Grocon CEO Daniel Grollo and project designers were praised by the Australian government and green building leaders at an opening ceremony last week that included Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Innovation Gavin Jennings and Australian Green Building Council Chief Executive Romilly Madew.
“This building will redefine the way buildings are built in the future. We congratulate Grocon for this outstanding achievement,” Madew said.
First Platinum Multifamily in LA County
This is Casa Dominguez, a new multifamily development in Los Angeles County. It’s actually the first LEED Platinum multifamily project in the county, according to non-profit developer and architecture firm Abode Communities. Located in East Rancho Dominguez, the project features a blend of one- to four-bedroom green apartments suited for low-income families.