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Planning Consent for Duncombe Barracks, York

Posted: April 12, 2021

We are really pleased that the planning application for Duncombe Barracks received unanimous approval recently. The scheme will be the very first by a local housing authority to achieve Passivhaus zero carbon housing at scale, and is part of the City of York Council’s Housing Delivery Programme, which aims to provide 600 homes across 7 sites. […]
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The Proud Trust, Manchester

Posted: February 17, 2021

The Proud Trust, Manchester It is so exciting to see the scaffolding come down on the new building for the Proud Trust in Manchester. It’s a great moment as it gives us a much more tangible vision of what the building will be like, after years of only being able to look at the plans […]
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Lighting the bridge

Posted: September 15, 2020

Lighting the bridge We’re delighted to have been helping CITU to develop a lighting scheme to bring out the best in this stunning architectural feature in the twilight and through the night. Due to the location on the river, the impact on the wildlife, bats in particular, was considered in the design process. The design […]
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Passivhaus rules for City of York Council

Posted: September 30, 2019

Passivhaus rules LEDA’s Jim Wild writes in the CIBSE journal on why City of York Council is choosing the Passive House (Passivhaus) standard for their new housing delivery programme. https://www.cibsejournal.com/opinion/passivhaus-rules/
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York Housing Delivery Programme

Posted: September 9, 2019

Having declared a #ClimateEmergency and aiming to become carbon neutral by 2030 the housing delivery team at York City Council is bringing forward an ambitious programme of new homes. LEDA are part of the team helping to realise this vision and to deliver hundreds sustainable low energy homes within the city. We will help York […]
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Visit a passive house

Posted: September 1, 2019

Roundhay Passive House will be open for visitors in November. Read More here http://leda.coop/phod
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CIBSE Yorkshire Region Project of Year Shortlist

Posted: August 28, 2019

We are pleased to announce that our Roundhay Passive House project has been shortlisted for the CIBSE Yorkshire Project of the Year award. The house is open for the Passive House open days in November, so please come and take a look http://www.leda.coop/phod
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Investors in the Environment Great Green Star Award 2019

Posted: August 13, 2019

We are pleased to announce that we were awarded the Great Green Star Award from the Investors in the Environment accreditation 2019. The Great Green Star awards only go to the top 10% of the Investors in the Environment Green Level members, further reinforced by their commitment to; additional environmental projects, impact on the communities […]
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CHAS – Looking after your health and safety

Posted: August 8, 2019

We’ve just received our certificate of accreditation from CHAS demonstrating our compliance with the requirements of the CDM Regulations 2015. We’re very pleased to demonstrate how our processes support health and safety in the projects where we are part of the team.
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Petition for zero rate VAT on deep retrofit

Posted: August 1, 2019

It is now widely acknowledged by councils and organisations that we are in a state of climate emergency and it is vital that the UK increases the rate of improvement to the energy efficiency of existing buildings, reducing the demand for space heating such that it can then be feasibly met by renewable sources. Following […]
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