Since its completion in 2001 the Woolsery Sports and Community Hall has become the focus of community life and the low energy design has enabled the community groups to thrive, because the running costs are less than £1 per day. The building is carbon neutral and receives an income from selling electricity back to the grid. Since the completion of the super-insulated core building, renewable energies have been added including photovoltaics, wind turbine, ground source heat pump and passive ground cooled cool-larder. An extension has also been built designed by Gale & Snowden, which is compatible with the original ethos of the project. This project involved community participative design using planning for real techniques and involving the community throughout the project.