A developer has started construction work on a project that it claims will be carbon negative.
An array of renewable energy technologies will allow the development to generate more electricity than it uses.
Citu's Greenhouse project in Leeds will build 172 homes, 1,400 metres squared of offices and local amenities.
These will be powered by wind turbines on the roof, and an offsite 100-metre wind turbine.
Heat will be provided by ground source heat pumps and solar thermal water heating, while a high level of
insulation will be installed to keep down energy costs.
A spokesman said: "The combined technologies mean that greenhouse uses less energy than it creates, which allows the excess to be fed into the National Grid. This makes the development carbon negative."
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Installing renewable microgeneration technology is set to become more viable following the introduction of the Energy Act.
The new legislation calls for setting up feed-in tariffs, or payments above market value per unit of energy generated renewably.
