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London Assembly Environment Committee report illustrates London’s damp and mould problems

|Date: 28 February, 2019

London Assembly Environment Committee report illustrates London’s damp and mould problems

Too many residents in London struggle with cold, damp and mouldy homes. Low quality housing, overcrowding ...

Too many residents in London struggle with cold, damp and mouldy homes. Low quality housing, overcrowding and fuel poverty along with energy saving retrofit measures without proper ventilation only ma ...

28 February, 2019
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CIT shares research into damp and mould in social housing

|Date: 23 January, 2019

CIT shares research into damp and mould in social housing

Damp, condensation and mould are very real issues for thousands of social housing tenants across the coun ...

Damp, condensation and mould are very real issues for thousands of social housing tenants across the country, according to new research carried out by independent assessor CIT (Consultancy, Investigat ...

23 January, 2019
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Housing Survey Reveals 12% of Social Housing Residents in England and Wales Affected by Mould and Damp

|Date: 28 November, 2018

Housing Survey Reveals 12% of Social Housing Residents in England and Wales Affected by Mould and Damp

Research carried out across more than 300 local authorities in England and Wales has revealed a 12% tenan ...

Research carried out across more than 300 local authorities in England and Wales has revealed a 12% tenant complaint rate relating to mould, damp and condensation. Through the Freedom of Information A ...

28 November, 2018
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Housing & Regeneration: Cause and Effect

|Date: 16 November, 2018

Housing & Regeneration: Cause and Effect

Excess atmospheric moisture affecting housing stock is something all professionals in the sector have com ...

Excess atmospheric moisture affecting housing stock is something all professionals in the sector have come across — but do we give enough thought to its causes and effects? Steve Hodgson, Chief Execut ...

16 November, 2018
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Indoor air quality in social housing

|Date: 12 April, 2018

Indoor air quality in social housing

John Mos, Head of Social Housing Sales at EnviroVent, looks at how indoor air quality is becoming an incr ...

John Mos, Head of Social Housing Sales at EnviroVent, looks at how indoor air quality is becoming an increasingly prominent issue for local authorities as they aim to drive up standards and improve he ...

12 April, 2018
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Calsitherm Climate Board provides solution to mould issues in social housing

|Date: 3 April, 2018

Calsitherm Climate Board provides solution to mould issues in social housing

Ecological Building Systems introduces the Calsitherm system to tackle damp and mould in social housing p ...

Ecological Building Systems introduces the Calsitherm system to tackle damp and mould in social housing properties. Developed specifically for retrofit projects, Calsitherm Climate Board is used to in ...

3 April, 2018
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Safeguard launches new CPD for damp prevention

|Date: 27 February, 2018

Safeguard launches new CPD for damp prevention

Safeguard Europe has revised its CPD seminar programme on the two major, and commonly confused, causes of ...

Safeguard Europe has revised its CPD seminar programme on the two major, and commonly confused, causes of damp to simultaneously provide either broad or in-depth briefings on this troublesome property ...

27 February, 2018
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Tackling fuel poverty with IoT technology

|Date: 26 January, 2018

Tackling fuel poverty with IoT technology

An internet of things (IoT) initiative underway in Renfrewshire is helping to tackle fuel poverty in soci ...

An internet of things (IoT) initiative underway in Renfrewshire is helping to tackle fuel poverty in social housing and could save local authorities millions of pounds on property management and repai ...

26 January, 2018
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Protecting against invisible dangers on brownfield sites

|Date: 4 December, 2017

Protecting against invisible dangers on brownfield sites

Martin Radford, Business Manager at RIW, offers advice on designing sub-structures to protect against inv ...

Martin Radford, Business Manager at RIW, offers advice on designing sub-structures to protect against invisible dangers on brownfield developments. The effects of moisture penetration within buildings ...

4 December, 2017
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UK residents living in dark homes 27% more likely to report ill health according to new report

|Date: 31 May, 2017

UK residents living in dark homes 27% more likely to report ill health according to new report

Damp and dark homes across the UK are having a direct impact on the levels of serious health conditions b ...

Damp and dark homes across the UK are having a direct impact on the levels of serious health conditions being reported, according to findings in new Healthy Homes Barometer report. This VELUX Healthy ...

31 May, 2017
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