North West Cambridge development

[4] The development sets out to achieve high levels of sustainability, including many photovoltaic cells to gather solar energy, low levels of car use, a district heating network with energy centre scheme, communal waste collection systems,[5] and the recycling of rainwater for irrigation and the flushing of toilets.

Eddington is the name given by developers to a local centre in the North West Cambridge Development,[9] after Cambridge astrophysicist Arthur Eddington,[10] who led an expedition to the island of Príncipe to photograph the solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 and verify Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.

[11] It is part of Phase I of the North West Cambridge Development, and combines the Castle Ward in the northwest of the city with Girton, a parish in the district of South Cambridgeshire.

[10] The Fata Morgana Tea House, designed by the German artists Wolfgang Winter and Berthold Hörbelt, sits on the western bank of Brook Leys lake.

Except for the roof, almost the entire two-storey pavilion, including built-in benches, was made from undulating stainless steel welded grating.

[25] The North West Cambridge Development is planned to eventually contain 3,000 homes, accommodation for 2,000 postgraduate students and 100,000 m2 (1,100,000 sq ft) of research facilities.