Transition in Action: Totnes Sustainable Construction Company
Building Transition Homes (© Jim Carefrae)
Members of the Transition Town Totnes (TTT) Building & Housing Group have founded Totnes Sustainable Construction Ltd (TSC Ltd) as a not for profit company limited by guarantee. The aims of the company are sustainable design, construction and refurbishment with an emphasis on real affordability. Although the company has no formal link with the Transition movement the close association is signified by the fact that all of the directors are longstanding TTT activists. As a company limited by guarantee any profit must be ploughed back into development and growth and cannot be paid as dividends.
The directors have over a hundred years of building experience between them and are determined to work according to ecologically sound and sustainable principles and methods. Company Chair, Chris Noakes, said, “We will prioritize the use of local and sustainable materials and want to build in an aesthetically pleasing as well as environmentally friendly way. We want to pioneer building in a way that meets the challenges of climate change, peak oil and people’s aspirations for a different way of life.”
Projects currently under consideration range from retrofitting existing housing to small developments of new build ‘eco-homes’. Good employment practice is another objective listed in the company’s memorandum of association and TSC Ltd undertakes to promote the wellbeing of employees and subcontractors through work that is satisfying, safe and useful. TSC Ltd is compiling a register of local building trades people who may wish to work with them. Registration forms will be available soon.
More information
Operations Manager, Chris Noakes
cknoakes@hotmail.com
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