Good Homes Alliance
The Good Homes Alliance is a UK organisation established in 2007 that grew to have over 70 members, including architects, planners, developers, universities, local authorities, urban designers, consultants, building professionals and suppliers whose stated aim is to build and promote sustainable homes and communities and to transform the whole of mainstream UK house building into a sustainable endeavour. It is a not-for-profit community interest company with a board of directors. Members subscribe to a charter for responsible housebuilding containing seven principles. The Good Homes Alliance considers the following actions are necessary to help bring a  quality focus back to new housing: In addition to promotion of member projects and initiatives the Alliance is involved in education (through seminars, research, and information sharing), lobbying Government and land owners to encourage better quality housing standards via regulation, legislation and specifications, and raising awareness of sustainable development in the media and among the general public. It also organises specialist cross sector working groups and currently (July 2017) runs the following: alternative housing delivery models; overheating solutions in new housing; zero energy buildings. Founding. The Good Homes Alliance was officially launched on 28 February 2007, at the "Ecobuild 2007