A Nottinghamshire housing development has been awarded a silver accreditation from The Next Generation Project Awards – a national rating system for the UK’s most sustainable homebuilding projects.
The Gedling Green regeneration project has seen a multi-million pound investment from housebuilder Keepmoat into transforming a former colliery yard to create a housing development featuring zero-carbon-ready two, three and four-bedroom homes.
In 2023, the development became the first in the UK to offer homes built to the anticipated Future Homes Standard (FHS) for open market sale, with all of the homes featuring air source heat pumps, solar PV panels, increased levels of insulation, EV charging points and smart hot water cylinders.
To inform future legislation and understand resident behaviour changes to drive efficient sustainable technology, the housebuilder partnered with Birmingham City University to launch a pivotal pilot programme.
This programme will be used to reveal how homeowners interact with future-proofing technology, creating data to inform how residents power homes in years to come.
Adam Sharpe, regional managing director at Keepmoat East Midlands, said: “We are delighted to announce that our flagship Gedling Green development has received the NextGeneration Silver accreditation.
“At Keepmoat, we take pride in our commitment to sustainability and we are pleased to receive this industry-recognised accreditation for Gedling Green.”
The Next Generation Project Awards were established to provide homebuilders with a practical tool to evaluate and improve the sustainability performance of specific projects through targeted criteria points.
