Low-carbon building pioneers win national green energy awards

Low-carbon building innovators Sustainable Energy Academy/United House and Monodraught were announced today (Thursday 20 June) as two of the winners of the 2013 UK Ashden Awards, the UK’s leading green energy prize.

The Awards were presented by co-founder of Forum for the Future Jonathon Porritt at a prestigious ceremony at the Royal Geographical Society in London, hosted by broadcaster and cultural commentator Emma Freud.

The Sustainable Energy Academy (SEA) and United House were awarded the overall UK Gold Award for the safe, low-fuss interior wall installation process they have developed which is breaking down the barriers to insulating the over 7 million solid-walled homes in the UK. The process uses laser scanning and other standard building trade technologies in a novel way, reducing costs by around 25% and avoiding the need to decant residents, while fuel bills are cut by up to 40%. - See more at: http://specificationonline.co.uk/news-article/4447/ashden-awards-low-carbon-building-pioneers-win-national-green-energy-awards#sthash.56bA80Gl.dpuf