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Improving heating system care

|Date: 16 April, 2018

Improving heating system care

The social housing sector absorbs a hidden cost of millions of pounds every year due to poor water treatm ...

The social housing sector absorbs a hidden cost of millions of pounds every year due to poor water treatment. But just a few small and inexpensive changes to heating system care can deliver significan ...

16 April, 2018
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Understanding Lot 20

|Date: 13 April, 2018

Understanding Lot 20

From 1st January 2018, all local space heaters manufactured for sale in the EU must comply with a minimum ...

From 1st January 2018, all local space heaters manufactured for sale in the EU must comply with a minimum efficiency standard under Lot 20 of the Energy Efficiency Directive. Christian Hadley, Head of ...

13 April, 2018
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Advice on complying with the new Boiler Plus requirements

|Date: 5 April, 2018

Advice on complying with the new Boiler Plus requirements

New changes to Part L of the Building Regulations (known as Boiler Plus) dictate that one of four energy ...

New changes to Part L of the Building Regulations (known as Boiler Plus) dictate that one of four energy efficiency controls must be fitted when installing new combi boilers in England. Jeff House, Re ...

5 April, 2018
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East Staffordshire Council’s historic Burton Town Hall gets a refresh

|Date: 29 March, 2018

East Staffordshire Council’s historic Burton Town Hall gets a refresh

Novus is nearing completion on a project to modernise Grade-II listed Burton Town Hall for East Staffords ...

Novus is nearing completion on a project to modernise Grade-II listed Burton Town Hall for East Staffordshire Council. The building has stood in King Edward Place in the town centre for more than 100 ...

29 March, 2018
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CIBSE puts the spotlight on the performance of new homes

|Date: 20 March, 2018

CIBSE puts the spotlight on the performance of new homes

New guidance on good practice in the design of homes has been published by The Chartered Institution of B ...

New guidance on good practice in the design of homes has been published by The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE). Good Practice in the Design of Homes, CIBSE TM60, is aimed ...

20 March, 2018
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Bioregional develops a potential solution to the energy performance gap

|Date: 16 March, 2018

Bioregional develops a potential solution to the energy performance gap

Not-for-profit sustainability champion Bioregional is taking a lead in helping the UK to ‘green’ its late ...

Not-for-profit sustainability champion Bioregional is taking a lead in helping the UK to ‘green’ its latest generation of houses. The ‘energy performance gap’ is the difference between predicted and a ...

16 March, 2018
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CMS meets contemporary glazing brief for Carnegie Library project

|Date: 5 March, 2018

CMS meets contemporary glazing brief for Carnegie Library project

CMS Window Systems has played a key role in the creation of the new Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Ga ...

CMS Window Systems has played a key role in the creation of the new Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries (DCL&G), which was crowned Scotland’s best building in the 2017 RIAS (The Royal Inc ...

5 March, 2018
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Tamlite Lighting enables LED lighting transformation for Nottingham City Homes independent living project

|Date: 1 March, 2018

Tamlite Lighting enables LED lighting transformation for Nottingham City Homes independent living project

The lighting provision at Nottingham City Homes’ Garfield Court and Courtney Gardens has been extensively ...

The lighting provision at Nottingham City Homes’ Garfield Court and Courtney Gardens has been extensively revamped as part of the ongoing modernisation of its independent living facilities. The last f ...

1 March, 2018
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New partnership between YHN and Q-Bot could benefit 360,000 properties in the North of England

|Date: 23 February, 2018

New partnership between YHN and Q-Bot could benefit 360,000 properties in the North of England

Your Homes Newcastle (YHN) has become the first official partner of London-based robotics company, Q-Bot, ...

Your Homes Newcastle (YHN) has become the first official partner of London-based robotics company, Q-Bot, bringing its energy-efficient insulation solutions to the North of England. The ALMO responsib ...

23 February, 2018
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Future of home insulation to be transformed following research project

|Date: 8 February, 2018

Future of home insulation to be transformed following research project

The way in which homes are insulated could be transformed following research by Leeds Beckett academics. ...

The way in which homes are insulated could be transformed following research by Leeds Beckett academics. The Leeds Sustainability Institute (LSI) at Leeds Beckett were successful in an open tender com ...

8 February, 2018
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