Barratt cuts ribbon on prototype green home

James S Murray
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Building giant details plans to develop three more commercially viable zero carbon homes over next three years

One of the UK's largest building firms, Barratt Developments, yesterday unveiled a new green concept home which it claims represents the first zero-carbon house built by a volume house builder. The...

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