Guess what?  - there are no government incentives or grants at all for tread lightly – not really doing much are they?

There’s no question in my mind that over the next decade, energy performance is increasingly going to drive building.

We had the Prince’s Trust down to see us the other day for first sight of a coming development at Lower Mill which is going to be known as Treadlightly.

Treadlightly is going to consist of 24 detached houses - all in 0.86 of an acre and in the shape, if you happened to be looking from Space, in the form of a giant left footprint.

All of the toes of the footprint are little ponds that are swimming holes, whereas the big bit of the sole is the lake with natural filtration and the houses are all around this.

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