better generation

You would not normally associate the exclusive and fast-paced life of your typical Premiership footballer with green eco-living, but that is exactly what Gary Neville is doing. The Manchester United captain has never tended towards the more glamorous aspects of his profession, which may go some way to account for his ambitious project of building an eco-bunker. Neville has spent three years drafting plans for the low profile property that will be zero-carbon and built into the Lancashire hillside. Renewable energy microgeneration technologies consisting of a wind turbine, solar panel array and ground source heat pump ware incorporated into the design, subject to planning approval.

The plans are so impressive that the government is apparently considering using the project as a standard for prospective zero-carbon developments. Neville has already presented his plans to planning officials and is said to be “very enthusiastic about the project”. Just to show that this is no flash in the pan, Neville plans to have his testimonial match at Old Trafford powered by wind. I wonder how many other millionaire footballers will follow suit, but if they do, then a Power Predictor may come in handy...