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Climate change will have a dramatic effect on the way we build houses in the future. At Grand Designs Live this year, the Met Office will show you why new houses must be designed to reduce their carbon footprint.

So you've been inspired by Grand Designs to build your own eco-house but where do you begin to find out about all those fancy modern eco-friendly materials and products? The Ecobuild exhibition at London's Earls Court.

Plan for all UK homes to be near zero carbon emissions by 2050 were outlined today by Climate Change minister, Ed Miliband.

Sutton Council has announced plans to make the suburb of Hackbridge into what they claim to be the UK's greenest place to live.

Work has begun on a £2.7 million affordable housing project, which will create 29 highly eco-efficient homes for rent in a Durham village.

On a visit to Long Eaton Secondary School in Derbyshire, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn today announced that over half of schools in England have achieved Eco-School status.

Tesco today unveiled plans to generate energy on-site at 50 of its UK stores, making decentralised energy generation a key part of its strategy to halve the carbon footprint of its existing estate by 2020.

Local communities will get their next chance to have their say on the eco-town proposals as Housing Minister Margaret Beckett today launches the Government's second round of formal consultation on the proposed locations and standards for eco-towns.

Sainsbury's has teamed up with EDF Energy to launch cavity wall and loft insulation packages which could save customers up to £405 each year off their energy bills.

Significant progress has been made in the proposals for eco-towns, according to a report published today by the Eco-Town Challenge Panel, an independent group of experts in sustainability and urban development set up by Housing Minister Caroline Flint.

The fifteen experts on the Eco-towns Challenge Panel have today set out a series of recommendations for potential eco-town developers, designed to improve their plans to create world-leading sustainable developments.