Zero emition home

The two-bedroom Kingspan Off-Site's Lighthouse, insulated to lose two-thirds less heat than a standard new home, features solar panels, a biomass boiler and water efficiency devices such as rainwater harvesting. Biomass boilers run on organic fuels such as wood pellets and count as zero-emission because the amount of carbon dioxide they give off when they are burned is offset by the amount that was absorbed when the crop was grown. The house has a waste separation system that allows combustible waste to be burned to help provide power. This is the first house to achieve level six of the Code for Sustainable Homes.

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