SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION OF YORK'S ECO-DEPOT

Early day motion 394, tabled 4 December 2006 by Hugh Bayley (Labour). Signed by 49 members.

That this House welcomes the use of sustainable construction technology for the City of York Council's new commercial services depot, including photo-voltaic cells, a 15 metre wind turbine and solar thermal and rain water harvesting; notes that the office block constructed from prefabricated local straw sections and a wood frame is the largest building of its type in Europe and will demonstrate its energy efficiency through real-time monitoring of its energy generation and consumption; congratulates the Government for making possible the use of state of the art environmental technology through its grants of £569,000 from Yorkshire Forward and £112,000 from the Department of Trade and Industry's Energy Savings Trust; believes that the depot is a good example of partnership between national and local government; and calls on other local authorities to visit York's Eco-Depot and use its innovative technology in their own buildings.

Signatures by party: Labour 31, Conservative 7, Liberal Democrat 6, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Independent 1.