At Ward Homes, we strive to produce sustainable developments and communities where people aspire to live.
Our new homes are designed with energy efficiency as a key design consideration. Good levels of insulation, quality construction on site and high efficiency heating systems help occupiers keep bills to a minimum and at the same time be kinder to the environment. As a result many of our homes are more energy efficient than comparable new build homes, as well as easily out-performing the average second hand home.
Our environmental policy for reducing waste and increasing efficient use of materials mirrors the waste management hierarchy of reduce, re-use, recycle and results in significantly reduced amounts of waste produced on site, as well as excellent diversion from landfill rates. We also recognise the importance of reusing land to prevent depletion of a finite land resource and reducing pressure on biodiversity. 82% of our developments now use brownfield land, and in the South East this figure rises to 95%.
Many of our sites are registered to the Considerate Constructors Scheme, a voluntary code of considerate practice, and we endeavour to consistently achieve ‘Performance beyond Compliance’ which reflects our hard work to ensure during the construction phase our developments minimise impact on the local community. We strive to enhance the ecological value of our developments too, with planting schemes always carefully selected and open space and habitat areas often implemented.
Climate change is altering the way we design and build new homes and communities and as a member of Barratt Developments Plc. we are a Gold Leaf member of the UK Green Building Council as well as being the only major housebuilder to be a founder member. 
Our work in this area is pioneering and we have invested in building prototypes such as The Barratt Green House at the BRE Innovation Park, the first home built by a mainstream housebuilder designed to have net zero carbon emissions over the course of a year, and meet the Government’s highest standard - Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. Another important project is Hanham Hall in Bristol, England’s first large scale private Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6 and zero carbon development. Hanham Hall is one of the most important new developments in the country with homes, community facilities, green spaces and cycle routes at its heart.