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Six top tips for developing housing that’s fit for the future

|Date: 25 November, 2022

Six top tips for developing housing that’s fit for the future

As ForHousing unveils its commitment to ensuring all its new-build homes are net zero, Nigel Sedman, Exec ...

As ForHousing unveils its commitment to ensuring all its new-build homes are net zero, Nigel Sedman, Executive Director of Homes, reflects on six ways the progressive social landlord is ensuring its h ...

25 November, 2022
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The need to create energy-efficient homes is more urgent than ever

|Date: 8 November, 2022

The need to create energy-efficient homes is more urgent than ever

With the 27th UN Climate Conference taking place and the ongoing energy crisis impacting social housing t ...

With the 27th UN Climate Conference taking place and the ongoing energy crisis impacting social housing tenants more than most, the need to create energy-efficient homes is more urgent than ever. Tony ...

8 November, 2022
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Drone Corner | Drone surveys deliver savings for Renfrewshire Council

|Date: 31 October, 2022

Drone Corner | Drone surveys deliver savings for Renfrewshire Council

Drones land multi-million-pound savings for local authority social housing portfolio. The story behind th ...

Drones land multi-million-pound savings for local authority social housing portfolio. The story behind the successful implementation of drones across Renfrewshire Council’s estate and how a chance enq ...

31 October, 2022
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Achieving Net Zero Homes | Accurate housing performance measurement

|Date: 28 October, 2022

Achieving Net Zero Homes | Accurate housing performance measurement

Welsh Government’s new WHQS is to be applauded, but its modelling does not go far enough to end fuel pove ...

Welsh Government’s new WHQS is to be applauded, but its modelling does not go far enough to end fuel poverty. To prevent people from falling through the gaps, we must combine ambitious targets with mo ...

28 October, 2022
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Fighting for a Gas Safe Nation this Gas Safety Week

|Date: 16 September, 2022

Fighting for a Gas Safe Nation this Gas Safety Week

Ian Ballinger, Head of Projects and Certification at FireAngel, discusses gas safety and shares his exper ...

Ian Ballinger, Head of Projects and Certification at FireAngel, discusses gas safety and shares his expert insights on achieving carbon monoxide compliance and futureproofing properties. Over the last ...

16 September, 2022
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Legal Update | Winkworth Sherwood discuss the impact of rent reforms

|Date: 16 August, 2022

Legal Update | Winkworth Sherwood discuss the impact of rent reforms

Charlotte Cook, Partner in the Social Housing team at Winckworth Sherwood, considers whether rent reforms ...

Charlotte Cook, Partner in the Social Housing team at Winckworth Sherwood, considers whether rent reforms will drive up demand for social and local government housing. The Government in its May Queen’ ...

16 August, 2022
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Industry Comment | Rent reform impact on councils

|Date: 10 August, 2022

Industry Comment | Rent reform impact on councils

Private renters’ reform — what does it mean for councils? Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Associ ...

Private renters’ reform — what does it mean for councils? Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the A Fairer Private Rented Sector White Pa ...

10 August, 2022
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Vaillant team reflects on the future of Hydrogen

|Date: 5 August, 2022

Vaillant team reflects on the future of Hydrogen

With one of its first certificated 100% hydrogen boilers now in place at the H21 test site in South Bank, ...

With one of its first certificated 100% hydrogen boilers now in place at the H21 test site in South Bank, Middlesbrough, the team from Vaillant involved with its installation and testing reflect on wh ...

5 August, 2022
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How green are modular homes?

|Date: 2 August, 2022

How green are modular homes?

With a national housing shortage and ambitious housebuilding targets for developers and local councils to ...

With a national housing shortage and ambitious housebuilding targets for developers and local councils to meet, is now really the time to put the pressure on the industry to explore more sustainable m ...

2 August, 2022
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Part Z amendment and embodied carbon regulation

|Date: 28 July, 2022

Part Z amendment and embodied carbon regulation

Head of Sustainability at Whitecode, Ellen Huelin, takes a look at the proposed Part Z amendment to the B ...

Head of Sustainability at Whitecode, Ellen Huelin, takes a look at the proposed Part Z amendment to the Building Regulations and the concept of embodied carbon regulation. Ellen argues that without su ...

28 July, 2022
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