Zero Bills Living: How it works for housebuilders

About this episode

This episode explores the practicalities of Zero Bills living for housebuilders.

Zero Bills homes are moving from headline to delivery reality, but what does it actually take to make them work? In this episode of Around the Table, Rachel Colgan is joined by Hannah McCarthy (Octopus Energy), Leon Beale (Thakeham) and Oliver Luard (Greencore Homes) to unpack how Zero Bills living works in practice - from solar, heat pumps and batteries through to fair use allowances, commissioning and customer handover We explore what housebuilders need to get right from the outset, t...

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Colgan

Guests: Hannah McCarthy, Leon Beale, Oliver Luard

Topics covered

• Zero Bills homes
• housebuilding
• solar energy
• heat pumps
• batteries
• customer handover

Keywords

• Zero Bills homes
• housebuilders
• solar
• heat pumps
• batteries
• customer handover
• fair use allowances

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Octopus Energy, Thakeham, Greencore Homes

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