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ONE of the area’s key housing providers has been shortlisted for a major green award.
Aragon Housing Association has reached the finals of the Sustainable Housing Awards for its work refitting a bungalow in Wrestlingworth.
It was given the latest green technology after it was designated as hard to heat.
It had no mains gas and outdated night storage heating but it has now been transformed with solar heating, an air source heat pump, a mechanical ventilation heating system and space age insulation.
The bungalow’s energy data will be monitored over the next two years and the information used will feed into the Government’s energy and climate change strategy.
The tenants have already noticed a large drop in their water and energy bills.
The entry into the sustainability housing partnership of the year category is a collaboration between Aragon, Cambridge and Loughborough Universities, Bedford College and SDC Builders.
Bob Hopkins, Aragon’s assistant director, said: “This is recognition of our firm commitment to our customers to embrace new green technologies.”
He added that the association is determined to use new technology to reduce both its customers’ energy bills and their carbon footprints.
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