{"id":26483,"date":"2023-12-09T05:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T05:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/?p=26483"},"modified":"2023-12-09T05:29:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T05:29:03","slug":"inside-the-incredible-new-housing-project-where-bin-men-never-need-to-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/world-news\/inside-the-incredible-new-housing-project-where-bin-men-never-need-to-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the incredible new housing project where bin men never need to visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An incredible futuristic housing project in Europe has captured people\u2019s imaginations – and it’s down to the way its residents live to preserve every element of life.<\/p>\n

Located in northern Europe, the eco-village set up has a strict zero-waste policy, and endeavours to create a community of neighbours who all pitch in to preserve their environment.<\/p>\n

Residents try to be \u201cself-sufficient for food and water and a lot of energy\u201d at the Ecovillage Boekel in the south of the Netherlands, Euronews says.<\/p>\n

While this approach might sound daunting, the project manager warns this could one day be the norm, with the raging threat of man-made climate change already hitting. The site is fitted with multiple circular rings of compact housing units, each fitted with a raft of solar panels on top to produce energy.<\/p>\n

Every house is built with \u201corganic materials\u201d like hemp and wood – both of which are renewable – and with the aim of having as little \u201cembodied carbon\u201d as possible – meaning it hasn\u2019t been transported far or processed too much. The little housing estate vows to be so self-sufficient that it may not ever need third-party recycling services.<\/p>\n

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It sits next to its own food forest and is heated via a eco-friendly C\u00e9sar heating system, which embodies 600 solar panels across the village.<\/p>\n

This then reaches an optimum temperature of 450C, and then the heat is spread across the homes – creating a “circle CO2 emission-free system”.<\/p>\n

One local resident said that the houses have \u201cabsorbed more CO2 than they have put in the air\u201d.<\/p>\n

The residents’ shared food forest is a site where everyone gets involved with planting their own food and vegetables, among trees and shrubs which aim to make the area more resistant to the more extremes of weather.<\/p>\n

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