Lloyd has railed against "eco-bling" in the past, also known as the practice of strapping on solar panels or other sexy clean tech onto fundamentally unsustainable homes or communities. But, when done right, solar panels can be a useful tool in a much broader, systemic approach to greener building.
Combining passive solar, biomass-powered district hearing, solar electric, graywater recycling, food growing and an electric car club, one experimental UK development is demonstrating what that looks like.
Read more: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/10/experimental-zero-carbon-housing.php
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