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Norfolk firm wins £1.2 million contract to build city’s energy-efficient homes

Source: http://www.edp24.co.uk/

Norwich City Council’s cabinet last night awarded EN Suiter & Sons Ltd with a £1.2m contract to build 10 flats at Hansard Close.The Kings Lynn-based firm will be required to construct the homes to the Passivhaus standard – the highest standard of energy efficiency.The development, which is made up of eight one-bedroom flats and two two-bedroom flats, will replace the local authority’s former area office in Mile Cross.Passivhaus homes are built to the highest standard of energy efficiency. They include extra thick insulation, triple glazed windows and doors, and heat provided through a mechanical vent heat recovery system.