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Designers create the 'impossible' zero-carbon house
By Roger Harrabin
BBC environment analyst
Designers at Cardiff University say they have constructed the sort of house George Osborne once described as impossible.
The chancellor scrapped a requirement for new homes to be zero carbon by 2016 because he said it would prove too expensive.
But Cardiff University say they have built a house that exports more power to the grid than it uses.
And crucially they say the cost fell within the normal budget for social housing.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33544831
BBC environment analyst
Designers at Cardiff University say they have constructed the sort of house George Osborne once described as impossible.
The chancellor scrapped a requirement for new homes to be zero carbon by 2016 because he said it would prove too expensive.
But Cardiff University say they have built a house that exports more power to the grid than it uses.
And crucially they say the cost fell within the normal budget for social housing.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33544831
A house with that much solar capacity would work well in a sunnier place too, even with air conditioning.
Insulation is everything.
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It's actually 'not' ugly!!!
