The Group has made great progress in improving the sustainability of our homes. A Bellway home today will be more than 40 percent more energy efficient than one built five years ago. Changes to building regulations and the greater adoption of more energy efficient heating systems, coupled with more efficient appliances have all combined to achieve this improvement. However, the position remains that more than one quarter of the UK’s carbon emissions come from energy used in homes. To address this issue of climate change and, in conjunction with the Code for Sustainable Homes, we have pursued a number of environmental strategies including:

• The supply of renewable green electricity to new homes;

• Provision of renewable energy technologies such as biomass and solar water heating at selected sites;

• Increased the number of Ecohomes delivered to the market;

• Communicated best practice environmental tips to all new Bellway customers;

• Increased the percentage of timber frame homes supplied to the market;

• Installed only AA and AB rated white goods in our homes;

• Maintained an  average SAP rating above 90;

• Incorporated high efficiency condensing boilers in our wet heating systems;

• Increased waste segregation on site;