Getting housebuilders to take energy efficiency seriously would have a dramatic effect upon the UK’s environment

Only 20 years ago, Sue Roaf’s house in Oxford would have come out of a science fiction novel. Thermal insulation, energy efficiency appliances and solar energy from photo-voltaic panels means that her traditional looking semi not only emits hardly any carbon from fossil fuels but is a power station in its own right, exporting surplus electricity back to the grid.

Full article: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2001/dec/12/climatechange.society