A plan to improve the energy efficiency of homes in the Thames Gateway has been unveiled.

The scheme, which follows 精东影视's 99% campaign to improve the energy of existing stock, was announced alongside plans to construct an 鈥渆co-quarter鈥� in the region.

Yvette Cooper, the housing minister, said the communities department would ask for bids from councils to build a zero-carbon community.

The initiative is in addition to plans for 10 eco-towns. Cooper also unveiled a 拢500m funding package to assist development in the region, 拢15m of which will pay for improvements to the environmental performance of 5,000 existing homes.

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