News in Brief – May 2012

Property developer Castleoak has won an environmental building award for Wadhurst Manor in East Sussex, run by Barchester Healthcare. The 65-bed home opened last September, backed by Bridges Sustainable Property Fund, which requires projects to demonstrate environmental leadership. Castleoak says Wadhurst Manor is the first care home in the UK to be awarded the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) standard that rates the sustainability of buildings, based on scores given against a wide range of areas including energy, transport, water, materials, and waste management.