Scottish Enterprise has launched a Green Heat Hub Grand Challenge to encourage innovation around the gree ...
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Can you rise to the green heat hub grand challenge?
|Can you rise to the green heat hub grand challenge?
Scottish Enterprise has launched a Green Heat Hub Grand Challenge to encourage innovation around the green heat solutions of the future, from heat pumps to battery technology, that will lead to the cr ...
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How green are modular homes?
|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 ...
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July heatwave: Preparing the built environment for intensifying heatwaves
|July heatwave: Preparing the built environment for intensifying heatwaves
Richard Tibenham, Business Development Manager at built environment climate tech firm, IES, discusses wha ...
Richard Tibenham, Business Development Manager at built environment climate tech firm, IES, discusses what climate change and its subsequent unusual weather conditions mean for building energy use and ...
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Exclusive polling reveals voters’ message to incoming Prime Minister: give councils more money and power for Net Zero to ease the cost-of-living crisis
|Exclusive polling reveals voters’ message to incoming Prime Minister: give councils more money and power for Net Zero to ease the cost-of-living crisis
People across the UK want to see more support for local authorities to deal with the threat of climate ch ...
People across the UK want to see more support for local authorities to deal with the threat of climate change and more support for Net Zero action to address the cost-of-living crisis, according to a ...
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Social housing provider reduces carbon output by a third
|Social housing provider reduces carbon output by a third
Orbit, leading social housing provider and developer, has announced it has reduced the carbon footprint o ...
Orbit, leading social housing provider and developer, has announced it has reduced the carbon footprint of its operations by a third (33%) since it established a baseline in 2018, and by 6.9% in the p ...
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L&Q secures £525m sustainability linked loan to drive affordable housing plans
|L&Q secures £525m sustainability linked loan to drive affordable housing plans
L&Q has secured a £525m sustainability linked funding package from Lloyds Bank to support the housing ...
L&Q has secured a £525m sustainability linked funding package from Lloyds Bank to support the housing association’s target of building 8,000 new homes by 2024, of which 50% will be affordable. The ...
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UL | Come up to standards
|UL | Come up to standards
Gailord Nepp, Head of Building Envelope Testing at UL, offers a guide to meeting the required standards f ...
Gailord Nepp, Head of Building Envelope Testing at UL, offers a guide to meeting the required standards for curtain walling and rainscreen cladding for local authorities and housing associations. It’s ...
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Perega | Futureproofing social housing against climate change
|Perega | Futureproofing social housing against climate change
Monika Rogers, Senior Structural Engineer at Perega, discusses the damaging impacts of climate change and ...
Monika Rogers, Senior Structural Engineer at Perega, discusses the damaging impacts of climate change and the key points for councils and housing associations to consider when planning, designing and ...
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NatWest | Funding sustainable social housing
|NatWest | Funding sustainable social housing
Funding sustainable social housing is crucial to meet net zero targets and increase energy efficiency in ...
Funding sustainable social housing is crucial to meet net zero targets and increase energy efficiency in homes, says Marcos Navarro, Director & Sustainability Lead for Housing Finance at NatWest. ...
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Tackling clean air and Net Zero together will save money and lives, according to a new report from UK100
|Tackling clean air and Net Zero together will save money and lives, according to a new report from UK100
Local authority Net Zero and clean air policies need to be aligned to save lives and taxpayers' money, ac ...
Local authority Net Zero and clean air policies need to be aligned to save lives and taxpayers' money, according to a new report from UK100, released ahead of Clean Air Day (16th June). UK100 is the U ...