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Stafford and Rural Homes (SARH) is plugging into a brighter future by installing solar panels at its Beaconside head offices. The 230 high-specification photovoltaic (PV) panels are being fitted to the roof of The Rurals, in Parker Court, this week and will generate over 47,000 kwh of electricity a year – reducing the housing association’s £36,000 per year energy bill by 12 per cent a year. The project is part of the firm’s commitment to…

Hampshire County Council’s in-house design team has received further national recognition for work to design and develop Endeavour Primary School in Andover. The school has received a Civic Trust Commendation Award (9 March) which recognises the best in the built environment, from architecture to planning, townscape to infrastructure. The Awards also recognise the public realm in its wider context, and the positive impact that buildings have on the people who use them and the local…

New figures published show that the Welsh Government cut its carbon emissions last year by 18 per cent. The figures, in the UK Government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme Performance League Table, place the Welsh Government in the top three of all UK Government departments and devolved administrations. The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency (CRC) Scheme requires over 2,000 private companies and public sector organisations across the UK, including government departments, to report their…