'Zero Bills': Octopus and gs8 break ground on latest green housing development

Stuart Stone
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Housebuilder and energy firm start work to build 113 homes at 'UK's largest' Zero Bills development in Essex

Housebuilder gs8 and Octopus Energy have today started work on 113 new homes in Thornwood, Essex as part of a project to create the UK's largest 'Zero Bills' development. The development will be centred...

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