The net-zero retirement community protecting the climate for generations

Summary:

British ground source heat pumps, manufactured and installed by Kensa, will deliver renewable heating and hot water for the UK’s first net-zero carbon regulated energy retirement village designed to secure a sustainable future for generations.

 

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The Millfield Green Village in Caddington, Bedfordshire, is the newest community from Inspired Villages and consists of a large, mixed-use development featuring ground source heat pumps from all Kensa’s product ranges serving the domestic and commercial accommodation.

This is also the first net-zero carbon (regulated energy) development by Inspired Villages, a developer and operator of later-living homes, along with construction partner Willmott Dixon and funding partners Legal & General Capital Investments Ltd (who own a 35% stake in Kensa Group) and NatWest Group Pension Fund.

Key Facts

  • New-build development, Integrated Retirement Community
  • Domestic and commercial accommodation buildings
  • Features Kensa Shoebox, Kensa Evo and Kensa Q heat pumps

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