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North East Housing Association achieves Gold Accreditation in Environmental Excellence

|Date: 1 August, 2025

North East Housing Association achieves Gold Accreditation in Environmental Excellence

Karbon Homes’ commitment to reducing the environmental impact of its operations and housing management ha ...

Karbon Homes’ commitment to reducing the environmental impact of its operations and housing management has been formally recognised, with the association being awarded the Gold Accreditation by SHIFT, ...

1 August, 2025
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Redesigning the relationship between housing needs and housing delivery

|Date: 18 July, 2025

Redesigning the relationship between housing needs and housing delivery

Are we building homes for the sake of building? Dr Anna Pagani, Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, ...

Are we building homes for the sake of building? Dr Anna Pagani, Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, discusses how a housebuilding moratorium could provide the homes we actually need. The severit ...

18 July, 2025
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Introducing Catnic Solarseam, a bonded solar solution for standing seam roofs

|Date: 10 June, 2025

Introducing Catnic Solarseam, a bonded solar solution for standing seam roofs

Steel building products manufacturer Catnic has launched Catnic SolarSeam, an innovative photovoltaic (PV ...

Steel building products manufacturer Catnic has launched Catnic SolarSeam, an innovative photovoltaic (PV) solution for standing seam roofs engineered to deliver exceptional performance without compro ...

10 June, 2025
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Specialist contractors win places on new £265m Modular Buildings framework

|Date: 10 June, 2025

Specialist contractors win places on new £265m Modular Buildings framework

A total of 19 companies have been successful in their bid to join LHC Procurement Group’s £265m Modular B ...

A total of 19 companies have been successful in their bid to join LHC Procurement Group’s £265m Modular Buildings (MB3) framework. MB3 covers the design, supply, installation and hire of permanent, te ...

10 June, 2025
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Specifiers demand better embodied carbon data from manufacturers to achieve net zero

|Date: 28 May, 2025

Specifiers demand better embodied carbon data from manufacturers to achieve net zero

NBS (powered by Hubexo) has published its latest Sustainability Report, exposing ongoing gaps in early st ...

NBS (powered by Hubexo) has published its latest Sustainability Report, exposing ongoing gaps in early stage design decisions and environmental data intended to inform sustainable outcomes. While awar ...

28 May, 2025
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Greater Manchester calls for a repair revolution as research suggests residents lose £1.2bn a year on binning and replacing repairable items

|Date: 13 March, 2024

Greater Manchester calls for a repair revolution as research suggests residents lose £1.2bn a year on binning and replacing repairable items

Greater Manchester is marking Repair Week 2024 with a rallying call for a ‘repair revolution’, as an eye- ...

Greater Manchester is marking Repair Week 2024 with a rallying call for a ‘repair revolution’, as an eye-opening new survey reveals that more than £1.2bn is potentially lost every year on throwing awa ...

13 March, 2024
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ADEY commits to Net Zero goals

|Date: 16 February, 2024

ADEY commits to Net Zero goals

In line with its mission to have a positive impact on people and the environment, ADEY has expressed its ...

In line with its mission to have a positive impact on people and the environment, ADEY has expressed its full support for contributing to a science-based target (SBTi) of 30% reduction in Scope 1 ...

16 February, 2024
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Wates exceeds social value targets and launches social enterprise programme for fourth consecutive year

|Date: 14 February, 2024

Wates exceeds social value targets and launches social enterprise programme for fourth consecutive year

Wates has exceeded its social value targets to assist social enterprises and get young people engaged in ...

Wates has exceeded its social value targets to assist social enterprises and get young people engaged in a career in the construction industry and launched its unique social enterprise support program ...

14 February, 2024
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Water saving and regulations on the agenda for social housing session

|Date: 15 January, 2024

Water saving and regulations on the agenda for social housing session

A leading manufacturer of showers and bathroom products is encouraging social housing professionals to di ...

A leading manufacturer of showers and bathroom products is encouraging social housing professionals to discuss water saving products and regulations at an upcoming webinar. Methven has been designing ...

15 January, 2024
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Glidevale Protect publishes EPDs for key ranges

|Date: 3 January, 2024

Glidevale Protect publishes EPDs for key ranges

Leading UK building products manufacturer Glidevale Protect has published third party, independently veri ...

Leading UK building products manufacturer Glidevale Protect has published third party, independently verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for three of its construction wall membranes to ...

3 January, 2024
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