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Sept 2021
Eco-house to be built in two days at Harrogate climate festival
An eco-friendly house is set to be built in just two days at this year’s Harrogate District Climate Action Festival.
The home will be one of the main features at the festival, which will be held at Harrogate College next month.
Pure Haus, a Leeds-based company that builds eco-friendly homes, said the home will demonstrate passive house principles, which means it requires very little energy and results in near zero carbon homes.
The design and construction principles include high insulation, airtightness and high performance windows.
Kevin Pratt, director of the company, said designing and building such houses helps to reduce carbon emissions and reach climate targets.
He added he hoped the 'show pod', which will be brought in on a crane lorry and put together in two or three days, would give an insight into how homes can be built on eco-friendly principles.
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The festival, which takes place from October 1 until October 21, is being coordinated by the Harrogate District Climate Change Coalition.
It will include a range of guest speakers, including Professor Andy Shepherd, who is professor of earth observation at the University of Leeds, and Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Andrew Jones.
No booking is required and attendance is free.
Danny Wild, principal of Harrogate College, said:
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