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housing association teams up with climate champions

|Date: 22 April, 2024

housing association teams up with climate champions

believe housing has become a sponsor of Climate Action North to help it continue tackling the climate and ...

believe housing has become a sponsor of Climate Action North to help it continue tackling the climate and biodiversity crises. The North East housing association’s ‘gold sponsorship’ of the organisati ...

22 April, 2024
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SBS takes two awards at the Oscars of decarbonisation

|Date: 26 March, 2024

SBS takes two awards at the Oscars of decarbonisation

Housing decarbonisation specialist, Sustainable Building Services (UK) Ltd (SBS) has taken home two accol ...

Housing decarbonisation specialist, Sustainable Building Services (UK) Ltd (SBS) has taken home two accolades from The Retrofit Academy Awards. Dubbed by many as the ‘Oscars of the decarbonisation sec ...

26 March, 2024
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Upgrading the UK’s existing buildings key to coping with future record heat

|Date: 11 January, 2024

Upgrading the UK’s existing buildings key to coping with future record heat

Richard Tibenham of climate tech firm IES says upgrading the UK's existing buildings will be key to copin ...

Richard Tibenham of climate tech firm IES says upgrading the UK's existing buildings will be key to coping with future record heat. The confirmation that 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded demons ...

11 January, 2024
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Achieving net zero — taking the next step

|Date: 2 January, 2024

Achieving net zero — taking the next step

Simon Walker, National Director Public Sector at Watts, offers advice on taking the next step when it com ...

Simon Walker, National Director Public Sector at Watts, offers advice on taking the next step when it comes to achieving net zero. So many organisations have set net zero carbon objectives but knowing ...

2 January, 2024
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Cost of living preventing Londoners from reducing carbon emissions by saving energy

|Date: 12 December, 2023

Cost of living preventing Londoners from reducing carbon emissions by saving energy

Almost three-quarters of Londoners (73%) say the cost-of-living crisis has made it more difficult for the ...

Almost three-quarters of Londoners (73%) say the cost-of-living crisis has made it more difficult for them to take action to help prevent climate change, new polling commissioned by London Councils re ...

12 December, 2023
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Construction sector understands social value: but needs the tools to make the right choices

|Date: 23 October, 2023

Construction sector understands social value: but needs the tools to make the right choices

More than 100 construction professionals have shared their insight and opinions on social value in the se ...

More than 100 construction professionals have shared their insight and opinions on social value in the sector in a new white paper launched today. The report found that more than a decade since the tr ...

23 October, 2023
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More than 700 Lincolnshire Housing Partnership homes set to benefit from lower energy bills thanks to major insulation upgrade scheme

|Date: 2 October, 2023

More than 700 Lincolnshire Housing Partnership homes set to benefit from lower energy bills thanks to major insulation upgrade scheme

Residents at the Reed Mere estate in Immingham and the Willows estate in Grimsby are set to benefit from ...

Residents at the Reed Mere estate in Immingham and the Willows estate in Grimsby are set to benefit from lower energy bills and more comfortable homes thanks to external wall insulation (EWI) funded b ...

2 October, 2023
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Affordably warm, sustainable homes at core of new strategic partnership

|Date: 27 September, 2023

Affordably warm, sustainable homes at core of new strategic partnership

Changeworks has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Built Environment – Smarter Transformation ...

Changeworks has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) with the aim of accelerating and improving retrofit in Scotland. The agreement will sup ...

27 September, 2023
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Lords Levelling Up victory for local authorities fighting the housing and climate crises

|Date: 7 September, 2023

Lords Levelling Up victory for local authorities fighting the housing and climate crises

UK100 is claiming a "win" in response to news that Peers in the House of Lords backed Amendment 191 to th ...

UK100 is claiming a "win" in response to news that Peers in the House of Lords backed Amendment 191 to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill. Lord Ravensdale's amendment places a duty on the Secretar ...

7 September, 2023
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George Clarke invites young people to take part in radical Eco-Fix challenge

|Date: 20 January, 2023

George Clarke invites young people to take part in radical Eco-Fix challenge

TV architect George Clarke teams up with Grimshaw and Mace to fire the imaginations of young people with ...

TV architect George Clarke teams up with Grimshaw and Mace to fire the imaginations of young people with the launch of the Eco-Fix challenge. Renowned architect and TV presenter George Clarke and his ...

20 January, 2023
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