Larkfleet Group :: Sustainability House

The Larkfleet Group Sustainability House, showing what can be done today, for our future.

As a leading house builder in the East of England and East Midlands – and with considerable involvement in building for social landlords as well as for the private market – we are very aware of the need to improve the environmental performance of new housing.

The government’s Code for Sustainable Homes is driving the house building industry to become ‘greener’ at a time when it is under enormous economic pressure.

Balancing the sometimes competing demands of economy and environment is not easy. Our Sustainability House shows what can realistically be done with current technologies and at what cost. It demonstrates that there are many options for meeting the requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes and that there is not a ‘one size fits all’ solution.

We hope the Sustainability House also shows the complexities of building a house to meet the requirements of the Code – as well as the over-lapping requirements of Building Regulations and many other legally and commercially necessary standards. Legislation, economic circumstances and the ‘environmental agenda’ mean that this is no longer an industry in which the ‘cowboy’ builder can survive.

At Larkfleet we are looking to the future and building for the future. The Sustainability House is just part of our commitment to building sustainable housing and a sustainable business.

Karl Hick
Managing Director