'NO SUBSIDY' BLOW FOR ZERO-CARBON HOUSING TARGETS

摘要

The government's target for all new houses to be net zero-carbon by 2016 - equal to the Code for Sustainable Homes' Level 6 requirements - has been severely dented after developers learned they would not be eligible for 'green subsidies'.Developers had hoped to recoup money spent on on-site renewable-energy systems via Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs): 'tokens' that can be sold back to energy-supply companies.