I thought I'd fallen out of love with eco homesteads – they had started to take on a "seen one, seen them all" quality – but then I came across architect Torsten Ottesjö's Hus-1 eco lodge.
Price £23,495 Top speed 117mph Acceleration 0-62mph 10.9 seCombinedmbined fuel consumption 72.4mpg CO2 emissions 103g/km Eco factor 9/10 Cool factor 6/10.
Price £21,060 Top speed 131mph Acceleration 0-62 in 9.6 seconds Average consumption 50.4mpg CO2 emissions 148g/km Eco rating 7/10.
In one project he designed an estate of 500 eco homes in Ilfracombe, Devon.
The government is proposing to build 10 eco towns that will house up to 20,000 new homeowners.
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Over the last two weeks we've had the great pleasure of running profiles of 10 eco homes around the country.
Price £17,105 Top speed 113mph Acceleration 0 to 62mph in 11.5 seconds Combined fuel consumption 57mpg CO2 emissions 114g/km Eco rating 8/10 Cool rating 3/10.
Price £22,365 Top speed 143mph Acceleration 0-62mph in 6.5 seconds Combined fuel mileage 52.3mpg Emissions 125g/km Eco rating 7/10 Cool rating 6/10.
Price from £38,430 Top speed 149mph Acceleration 0-62mph in 7.3 seconds Combined fuel consumption 72mpg CO2 emissions 112g/km Eco rating 7/10 Cool rating 6/10.
Price From £26,995 Top speed 155mph Acceleration 0-62mph in 5.9 seconds Combined consumption 34.9mpg CO2 emissions 189g/km Eco rating 3/10 Cool rating 7/10.
