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National Retrofit Hub launches essential resource: Regional Retrofit Skills Taskforce Checklist

|Date: 19 April, 2024

National Retrofit Hub launches essential resource: Regional Retrofit Skills Taskforce Checklist

As the drive towards achieving net zero emissions intensifies, the National Retrofit Hub (NRH) announces ...

As the drive towards achieving net zero emissions intensifies, the National Retrofit Hub (NRH) announces the release of its latest tool to support regional efforts: the Regional Retrofit Skills Taskfo ...

19 April, 2024
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Ambitious retrofit funding opportunities for local authorities

|Date: 9 April, 2024

Ambitious retrofit funding opportunities for local authorities

Local authorities are being invited to access funding and expertise to help get hundreds of thousands of ...

Local authorities are being invited to access funding and expertise to help get hundreds of thousands of homes insulated and have renewable energy installed, as part of a new pilot scheme. The Local ...

9 April, 2024
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Sector responds to Spring Budget

|Date: 7 March, 2024

Sector responds to Spring Budget

Here, LABM shares opinion from industry bodies, social and affordable housing providers and the public se ...

Here, LABM shares opinion from industry bodies, social and affordable housing providers and the public sector to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2024. Councils need greater funding certainty th ...

7 March, 2024
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London under-prepared for flooding and extreme heat, new report warns — climate charity Ashden highlights inclusive solutions

|Date: 18 January, 2024

London under-prepared for flooding and extreme heat, new report warns — climate charity Ashden highlights inclusive solutions

The interim report of the London Climate Resilience Review should prompt decision-makers to bring proven ...

The interim report of the London Climate Resilience Review should prompt decision-makers to bring proven solutions from around the UK to the capital, says climate charity Ashden. London boroughs, the ...

18 January, 2024
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Climate of change

|Date: 23 October, 2023

Climate of change

LABM's Editor Claire Clutten discusses the Prime Minister's climate policy climbdown in September and how ...

LABM's Editor Claire Clutten discusses the Prime Minister's climate policy climbdown in September and how it could stymie climate innovation at a time when we need greater certainty, to encourage the ...

23 October, 2023
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UK roll-back on climate policies: ‘this is the way to do maximum harm to the economy’

|Date: 20 September, 2023

UK roll-back on climate policies: ‘this is the way to do maximum harm to the economy’

Ashden responds to news that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering weakening a host of the Government ...

Ashden responds to news that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering weakening a host of the Government's key climate and decarbonisation policies. Dr Ashok Sinha, CEO at climate solutions charity A ...

20 September, 2023
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Ashden Awards finalists announced — UK pioneers tackling urgent climate challenges

|Date: 4 September, 2023

Ashden Awards finalists announced — UK pioneers tackling urgent climate challenges

Climate charity Ashden has revealed the finalists for its 2023 awards — pioneers delivering an inclusive, ...

Climate charity Ashden has revealed the finalists for its 2023 awards — pioneers delivering an inclusive, sustainable future. Three of eight award categories focus on the UK. Finalists from London to ...

4 September, 2023
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New £10m initiative to decarbonise schools — lowering emissions and inspiring students

|Date: 28 July, 2023

New £10m initiative to decarbonise schools — lowering emissions and inspiring students

A new £10m partnership between Green Future Investments Ltd (GFIL) and Let’s Go Zero — the campaign for a ...

A new £10m partnership between Green Future Investments Ltd (GFIL) and Let’s Go Zero — the campaign for all schools to be zero carbon by 2030 — is set to boost climate action in schools across England ...

28 July, 2023
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Industry experts support 5 asks for government to rapidly scale net zero retrofit

|Date: 4 November, 2021

Industry experts support 5 asks for government to rapidly scale net zero retrofit

More than 25 industry experts have joined forces to support Energiesprong UK’s 5 key asks for government ...

More than 25 industry experts have joined forces to support Energiesprong UK’s 5 key asks for government to unlock zero carbon retrofit at scale by creating a functioning, self-financing market. We ne ...

4 November, 2021
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RetrofitWorks | Working together for a Green Recovery

|Date: 14 September, 2021

RetrofitWorks | Working together for a Green Recovery

Russell Smith, Director of RetrofitWorks, the growing, not-for-profit co-operative, established to improv ...

Russell Smith, Director of RetrofitWorks, the growing, not-for-profit co-operative, established to improve the UK’s existing housing stock in an environmentally-friendly way through Trustmark accredit ...

14 September, 2021
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Dagenham green: a landmark new neighbourhood for East London

Work begins on new prison at Gartree

Local partners celebrate the completion of new homes in Holmewood

Esh Construction completes £13m Springmoor Grange School

Construction milestone celebrated with MP visit to Woldgate school

79 new affordable homes under construction at former coach depot

Hightown opens new social housing development in St Albans

The road to Net Zero: how to decarbonise local authority buildings.

New affordable homes open at Brentford waterside

Construction gets underway for £9.5m leisure centre in Litchfield

National Retrofit Hub launches essential resource: Regional Retrofit Skills Taskforce Checklist

National Retrofit Hub launches essential resource: Regional Retrofit Skills Taskforce Checklist

Ambitious retrofit funding opportunities for local authorities

Ambitious retrofit funding opportunities for local authorities

UK roll-back on climate policies: ‘this is the way to do maximum harm to the economy’

UK roll-back on climate policies: ‘this is the way to do maximum harm to the economy’

Ashden Awards finalists announced — UK pioneers tackling urgent climate challenges

Ashden Awards finalists announced — UK pioneers tackling urgent climate challenges

New £10m initiative to decarbonise schools — lowering emissions and inspiring students

New £10m initiative to decarbonise schools — lowering emissions and inspiring students