Case Studies > Eco-town

• Cross Street South, Bromford Group

  Creating a sustainable future through building innovations

  Our homes produce half of all CO2 emissions in the UK – from the work done to create them, to... more

  Keywords: Eco-town, Community, Housing, Partnership Working

• Eco-towns: Amersfoort (The Netherlands)

  One of the greenest cities in Europe

  Amersfoort, a prosperous historic town near Utrecht with a population of around 135,000, has... more

  Keywords: Rest of World, Neighbourhood, Transport, Housing, Eco-town, Energy, Planning

• Eco-towns: Freiburg (Germany)

  Leading environmental policy and best practice

  Freiburg, a historic town in South-Western Germany, has been leading environmental policy and... more

  Keywords: Leadership, Community, Energy, Housing, Rest of World, Eco-town, Neighbourhood, Transport

• Eco-towns: Hammarby Sjöstad (Stockholm, Sweden)

  A benchmark for brownfield developments

  Hammarby Sjöstad is a lakeside area south of Stockholm city centre. Originally planned for... more

  Keywords: Brownfield, Transport, Leadership, Planning, Eco-town, Energy, Rest of World, Partnership Working, Education, Housing, Community

• Eco-towns: Dongtan (China)

  The challenge for sustainable urban growth

  China is home to two hundred cities with populations equalling or exceeding one million people. In... more

  Keywords: Rest of World, Energy, Planning, Housing, Eco-town, Transport, Climate Change

• Eco-towns: Zaragoza (Spain)

  Combining social inclusion with good environmental design

  The urban area of Zaragoza has the eighth largest population in Spain, with approximately 700,000... more

  Keywords: Green Space, Energy, Housing, Rest of World, Eco-town, Partnership Working