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Ness Scott Named as Climate Champion

A moment of immense pride for #TeamGreencore!
 
We’re thrilled to celebrate Ness Scott, a pivotal member of our team, and our Head of Planning and Sustainability, who has been named as a Climate Champion and won the prestigious Lifetime Commitment Award at Unlock Net Zero. Ness’s 25 years of dedication in environmental sustainability, crafting sustainable policies, and driving energy initiatives have made an indelible mark.
 
Collaborating with industry leaders on the creation of a Joint-Local Council Net Zero Carbon Toolkit demonstrates Ness’s unwavering commitment to shaping a sustainable future.
 
As our lead in Planning and Sustainability, Ness embodies our ethos at Greencore Homes, integrating sustainability from the ground up. Ness, your leadership in battling Climate Change inspires us all to build a better, more sustainable world. Congratulations on this incredible achievement!

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Ness Scott Named as Climate Champion

A moment of immense pride for #TeamGreencore!  We’re thrilled to celebrate Ness Scott, a pivotal member of our team, and our Head of Planning and Sustainability, who has been named as a Climate Champion and won the prestigious Lifetime Commitment Award at Unlock Net Zero. Ness’s 25 years of dedication in environmental sustainability, crafting sustainable policies, and driving […]

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Greencore wins Climate Change Initiative award

We won our first award as Greencore Homes! This was the Climate Crisis Initiative award at Property Week’s RESI Awards and it’s because we build all of our homes to be Climate Positive. Climate Positive means we target the whole structure of each home to be better than net zero in terms of embodied carbon with no offsetting […]

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Greencore wins ‘Home Of The Year’ Award.

Thank you to The Telegraph, and to Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine for awarding Greencore with ‘Best Custom Build Site 2022’ in their ‘Home Of The Year’ Award.January’s edition of Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine (available now) has a fantastic 8 page spread of Springfield Meadows as well as other great projects that won in the different categories. […]

Awards, Projects

Springfield Meadows shortlisted for The Daily Telegraph, Home and Renovating Magazine’s award for ‘Green Custom Build Project’.

It is now up to the public to decide who the winner is, and we’d be thrilled if you’d vote for us! To vote, visit www.homebuilding.co.uk/news/awardsWe are no. 6 and mid-way down the page but to vote it’s just after entry 19. Please feel free to share this with colleagues, relatives, friends, and anyone else who […]

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Springfield Meadows wins a double at the Structural Timber Awards.

Springfield Meadows, the UK’s leading sustainable housing development, has been awarded Timber Frame Project of the Year and Custom and Self-Build Project of the Year at the Structural Timber Awards. The site consists of 25 beautiful homes, including nine managed by Sovereign Housing Association and is a fully Climate Positive development, with net-zero energy and better-than-zero […]

Awards, Projects

Springfield Meadows UK’s Leading Sustainable Property Project Takes Top Accolade at OxProp Awards.

On Thursday 9th September, Springfield Meadows scooped the OxProp Award for Best Residential Development in Oxfordshire. Springfield Meadows is the UK’s most sustainable private residential property development site consisting of 25 beautiful homes, including nine managed by Sovereign Housing Association. In winning the award, the eco-living site beat five other Oxfordshire developments shortlisted for the […]

Awards, Vision

Greencore wins at BSG Health and Safety Awards 2018.

The Greencore Construction team has been recognised at the annual Building Safety Group (BSG) Health and Safety Awards for its work to bring healthy and sustainable homes to Oxfordshire. Greencore won the Environmental category for its Biond construction system, a timber frame panel system that uses all-natural hemp-lime insulation to deliver sustainable homes with high thermal performance and enhanced […]