Summer 2006 3,000th visitor given a tour. Earthship Brighton has been featured in over 60 articles and TV appearances. Tyres completely banned from landfill under the European Landfill Directive. Funding secured from British Gas to complete project. Rain-water purification system fitted. Water to be tested. Once upto a potable standard Earthship Brighton will be the first public building that uses rainwater for all activities, from bathing the drinking.
September 2006 Secretary of State for the Environment RT Hon David Miliband MP visits Earthship Brighton.
Winter 2006 Last building phase and Earthship Brighton is completed. Low Carbon Network becomes the Low Carbon Trust and is commended in the Environment Agency's Water Efficiency Awards in Sustain magazines Construction & Renovation category and finalist in DfES category.
Spring 2007 4,500th visitor given a tour and the project has been featured in over 110 mainstream media articles. Last volunteer push in June will complete the landscaping of the surrounding grounds and build a blackwater reed bed treatment system.