Actis northern region sales director Jemma Harris has presented Passivhaus specialist Greencore Construction with a Custom and Self Build Project of the Year trophy at the Structural Timber Awards
Harris presented Greencore Construction with the Actis-sponsored Custom and Self Build Project of the Year trophy for its 25-home Springfield Meadows project in Oxfordshire at the 2021 Structural Timber Awards ceremony, held at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham.
Greencore’s Passivhaus-standard houses go beyond being zero carbon and are actually climate-positive.
The final two 3,000 sq ft four bedroom detached timber frame homes are on the market at £1.3m each.
‘The most sustainable development in the country’
Greencore believes it has created ‘the most sustainable development in the country’ thanks to combining several eco factors – using zero embodied carbon, net-zero energy requirements, and elimination of gas utilities to create an all-electric development.
The second phase of the project locks up more carbon than it emits and generates more energy than it uses – hence its claim that the development is ‘climate positive’.
The Structural Timber Awards this year was a celebration of not only outstanding projects and inspiring individuals but the coming together of the industry after many months in isolation.
The awards were hosted by Mark Durden-Smith, who ensured that the celebrations were not only inspirational but also entertaining. With 16 categories, nearly 250 entrants and over 60 companies shortlisted, the Structural Timber Award judges had an unenviable task.
