Perfect Stays, the exclusive and specialist holiday letting agency, announces that one of its locations has become the UK’s first ‘Code for Sustainable Homes Level Six’ holiday home complex.
Situated in the heart of Cornwall not far from the coastal town of Falmouth, The Emerald is a prestigious eco development which not only boasts from being built to the highest level of sustainability but also without compromising on any luxury with its 5-star accommodation.
The code level six is the highest level of accreditation for eco developments. The Emerald derives this rating from having its own solar farm and rainwater harvesting facilities as well as grey water recycling.

Solar panels are used to generate energy in the 5-acre grounds at The Emerald, a new exclusive eco-estate located near Falmouth in Cornwall with five luxury self-catered holiday rental properties, an indoor heated swimming pool, tennis court and gym [Image: Kirstin Prisk]

Terrace with dining table and private hot tub outside Fern, a luxury one-bedroom holiday apartment in new 5-acre eco estate [Image: Kirstin Prisk]
What is the UK’s ‘Code for Sustainable Homes’
The Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) is an environmental assessment method for rating and certifying the performance of new homes based on BRE Global’s EcoHomes scheme. It is a UK Government owned national standard intended to encourage continuous improvement in sustainable home building.
BRE Global act as advisors on issues related to maintenance and development of the technical contents of the CSH standard and manage implementation of the scheme under contract to the UK Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG).
The CSH covers nine categories of sustainable design when it comes to scope and scoring:
- Energy and CO2 emissions (M),
- Water (M),
- Materials (M),
- Surface Water Run-off (M),
- Waste (M),
- Pollution,
- Health and Wellbeing (M),
- Management,
- Ecology.
There are mandatory performance requirements in 6 catergories (denoted by an M above). All other performance requirements are flexible. It is possible to achieve an overall level of between zero and six depending on the mandatory standards and proportion of flexible standards achieved.
Take a look at St John’s Church Vicarage, the UK’s first vicarage to go green and became a CSH Level 6!