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Glidevale Protect responds to latest updates published in STA Advice Note 18

|Date: 23 May, 2023

Glidevale Protect responds to latest updates published in STA Advice Note 18

Glidevale Protect, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of external wall breather membranes, welcomes th ...

Glidevale Protect, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of external wall breather membranes, welcomes the recent updates to Structural Timber Association’s STA Advice Note 18 which highlight the impo ...

23 May, 2023
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Hope Rise Post-Occupancy Report shows how innovation unlocks affordable, carbon neutral homes

|Date: 16 December, 2022

Hope Rise Post-Occupancy Report shows how innovation unlocks affordable, carbon neutral homes

Dr. Ellen Grist, Research and Evaluation Lead at Bristol Housing Festival and Debansu Das, Business Devel ...

Dr. Ellen Grist, Research and Evaluation Lead at Bristol Housing Festival and Debansu Das, Business Development Director at ZED PODS, discuss the Hope Rise Post-Occupancy Report, which shows how innov ...

16 December, 2022
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Coalition of leading industry bodies join forces to develop UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard

|Date: 13 May, 2022

Coalition of leading industry bodies join forces to develop UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard

A cross-industry steering group, representing stakeholders across the built environment, have joined toge ...

A cross-industry steering group, representing stakeholders across the built environment, have joined together to develop a standard for verifying UK buildings as net zero carbon. The UKGBC’s Whole Lif ...

13 May, 2022
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Sprinkler week: It’s time to rethink fire protection

|Date: 21 May, 2021

Sprinkler week: It’s time to rethink fire protection

Fire suppression specialist and BAFSA member Plumis is calling for those who have championed this year’s ...

Fire suppression specialist and BAFSA member Plumis is calling for those who have championed this year’s National Sprinkler Week (17th to 23rd May) to take a more forward-looking approach to ensuring ...

21 May, 2021
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Home of 2030 launched to address future housing challenges

|Date: 5 November, 2019

Home of 2030 launched to address future housing challenges

A government-sponsored competition — Home of 2030 — is inviting housing providers, designers and others t ...

A government-sponsored competition — Home of 2030 — is inviting housing providers, designers and others to submit proposals for the design and delivery of new homes, responding to two Grand Challenges ...

5 November, 2019
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Project Etopia aims to be the first to meet new BRE offsite modular construction standard

|Date: 1 March, 2019

Project Etopia aims to be the first to meet new BRE offsite modular construction standard

Modular homes provider Project Etopia will begin building a new weather and fire resilient demonstration ...

Modular homes provider Project Etopia will begin building a new weather and fire resilient demonstration home at BRE’s Watford Innovation Park in April, with a target of being the first to be awarded ...

1 March, 2019
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Report reveals how blockchain technology can benefit the built environment industry

|Date: 22 February, 2018

Report reveals how blockchain technology can benefit the built environment industry

A new report from BRE Trust explores opportunities to address challenges in the built environment industr ...

A new report from BRE Trust explores opportunities to address challenges in the built environment industry using blockchain technology. Distributed Ledger Technology (of which blockchain is one applic ...

22 February, 2018
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Improved guidance to streamline joint certification of BREEAM and WELL

|Date: 29 January, 2018

Improved guidance to streamline joint certification of BREEAM and WELL

BRE and the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) have released a new briefing paper that outlines ...

BRE and the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) have released a new briefing paper that outlines how projects may achieve both a certified BREEAM rating and WELL Certification. The updated cr ...

29 January, 2018
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