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Work starts on eco-friendly housing scheme

Source: https://www.insidermedia.com/

A North Wales contractor has started work on an eco-friendly council housing scheme in Denbigh.Mochdre-based Brenig Construction has commenced work on a 12-month contract for the first new council homes to be designed and built for Denbighshire in 30 years.The company will build 18, two-bedroom and four, four-bedroom semi-detached houses for social rent on land above Tan y Sgubor for Denbighshire County Council.The low-carbon homes, which will be built and certified to the energy-efficient Passivhaus standard, are part of the council’s target to provide 170 more council houses by 2022.Welsh Government has provided funding through its Innovative Housing Programme to enable the council and Creating Enterprise to work together on this way of building homes.