| In Alastair Darling's latest budget £500m | | | | ground source heat pumps and zero waste. |
| extra support for the housing industry has been | | | | Rainwater harvesting may become a prerequisite |
| given, of which £100m is for local | | | | for all new homes in the UK along with use of |
| authorities to build energy-efficient housing. | | | | timber from sustainable forests and recycled |
| Coupled with the other measures taken, such as | | | | construction materials in our country's efforts to |
| commitments to reduce carbon emissions by | | | | curb emissions. |
| 35% by 2020 in the UK, the £525m new | | | | New home builders are changing the face of living |
| support for offshore wind power projects, | | | | in the UK to bring construction in line with the new |
| intended to provide enough electricity for 3.5m | | | | parameters set out by Parliament combining |
| households, and the £405m new funding | | | | consumers lifestyle requirements with newly |
| for low-carbon technology projects, one has to | | | | instituted regulations by installing dual flush toilets, |
| ask where this leaves us, the home owner. | | | | aerated taps, rainwater harvesting systems and |
| It would seem as though the British government | | | | traffic calming measures along with green spots |
| are determined to change the way we live and | | | | (parks) and low energy usage lighting and |
| think about housing. | | | | appliances. |
| All over England environmentally considerate | | | | If this is the way of the future, what aid will be |
| homes are being developed using cutting edge | | | | given to the consumer who has to modify their |
| sustainable technologies such as recycled PFA | | | | current property in order to make it saleable? |
| blocks, enhanced insulation, low energy lighting, | | | | |