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With the rising cost of property in the UK and indeed throughout Europe, many people are asking why Hip’s, why an additional cost to the whole process of selling your property? The media have taken it upon themselves to report in a negative way the introduction of Hip’s, whilst at the same time are more than happy to publish the informative advertising being put into the public domain by the government, find out more by linking to the sites below for complete and detailed guides.
General Links
Communities & Local Government – The Home Information Pack
http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1150984
Home Information Packs.gov.uk – Official Government Site
http://www.homeinformationpacks.gov.uk/introduction.aspx
Energyblog.co.uk – Leading Discussion Forum for Industry & Public
http://www.energyblog.co.uk/forum
Home Buyers & Sellers – Guide To HIP’s
http://www.homeinformationpacks.gov.uk/pdf/hip_a5_leaflet.pdf
Some Carbon Facts:
- A survey by British Gas has revealed that Tudor houses are more energy efficient than many homes built between the 1960s and 1990s
- A dripping tap wastes enough hot water in one week to half fill a bath.
- Carbon Dioxide levels are at their highest for 650,000 years
- In 2003 the World Conservation Union's Red List said more than 12,000 species (out of 40,000 assessed) faced some extinction risk. This is 1 bird specie in 8, 13% of all flowering plant species and 25% of all mammal species.
- Within 15 years, 20% of central Africa's forest will have gone.
- Research has found that the average house in Reading produces 6,189 kg of CO2 - the environmental equivalent of driving a 1.4 - 2.0 L family car 17,200 miles each year, or flying 13,000 miles (to New York and back twice)
- The lowest CO2 emission per dwelling was the London Borough of Camden with 3,255kg per dwelling, the equivalent of flying 6,900 miles
