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Article: Deals that help homeowners do their bit for the planet
- Article from:
- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 11, 2007
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green living_Kathleen Hennessey looks at a range of mortgages on
offer to ecologically minded consumers
The family home stamps a large carbon footprint on our
environment. But there are steps you can take to minimise this, one
of the more innovative being a "green" mortgage.
A handful of UK lenders now offer home loans that promise to
reduce your property's environmental impact. So precisely what makes
a mortgage green? Richard Barker, product manager for mortgages at
Norwich & Peterborough building society, says there are no hard-and-
fast rules: "Different lenders have different criteria."
But according to David Weatherall of the Energy Efficiency
Partnership for Homes (EEPH), whose ...