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Thu 06 Jun 2007The time is now for Irish firm's home of the futureThe "most sustainable mainstream house" in the world has just been built by an Irish company on a research site in England.Irish building manufacturer Kingspan Century claims that its zero-carbon "Lighthouse" on the BRE (Building Research Establishment) plot in Watford has a level of energy efficiency that is unrivalled in houses of its type. It was built to show that advanced sustainable homes can be constructed by and for most people.