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ZERO-CARBON homes costing less than half a million pounds to buy will get stamp duty exemptions of up to Pounds 15,000 backdated to 1 October, says Gordon Brown. But this week environmental homes experts agreed that this is a worthless "gift" and no incentive to go green, writes Mira Bar-Hillel.
Environmental design consultant Nick Devlin told Homes Property: "To comply, houses must generate all their own power." Otherwise they must be directly connected to a renewable energy source such as a windfarm. They are not even allowed to buy in "green" energy from the national grid. Water consumption cannot exceed 80 litres a day, and appliances cannot emit any carbon dioxide at all.See the full content of this document
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Gordon's Green Lies
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