Green towns still stuck on red

摘要

The eco-towns initiative may be ailing, but it has highlighted sustainable ideas such as interseasonal heat storage and biomass CHP. Amanda Birch explores the technology of two proposed developmentsrnThe problems keep piling up for the government's beleaguered eco-towns programme. Housing minister Margaret Beckett has just extended the consultation period on the draft planning policy statement for the towns by two months, a move that many say pushes the whole endeavour into the longest of long grass.