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INCA calls on government to optimise effective nationwide retrofit programme

|Date: 29 January, 2024

INCA calls on government to optimise effective nationwide retrofit programme

A built environment trade association representing the External Wall Insulation (EWI) industry is marking ...

A built environment trade association representing the External Wall Insulation (EWI) industry is marking the start of the new year with the launch of three Core Messages to lobby government. The Insu ...

29 January, 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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Buildings Mission Zero Network launches ‘Mission Retrofit’ report

|Date: 29 September, 2023

Buildings Mission Zero Network launches ‘Mission Retrofit’ report

New Mission Retrofit report highlights the critical need and key next steps to decarbonise our existing h ...

New Mission Retrofit report highlights the critical need and key next steps to decarbonise our existing homes and buildings. The Buildings Mission Zero Network has launched the first of two reports su ...

29 September, 2023
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New CCC report supports UK100’s urgent call to empower local authorities to take Net Zero lead

|Date: 30 June, 2023

New CCC report supports UK100’s urgent call to empower local authorities to take Net Zero lead

UK100, the only UK-wide network of local authorities committed to ambitious Net Zero action, welcomes the ...

UK100, the only UK-wide network of local authorities committed to ambitious Net Zero action, welcomes the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) new report, “Progress in reducing emissions 2023 Report to Pa ...

30 June, 2023
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Vital Energi | The road to net zero

|Date: 13 March, 2023

Vital Energi | The road to net zero

Vital Energi talks to LABM about its partnership with Westminster City Council to decarbonise the council ...

Vital Energi talks to LABM about its partnership with Westminster City Council to decarbonise the council’s public estate, and says, as a result of nine months of intensive energy works, the project i ...

13 March, 2023
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ROCKWOOL launches recladding guide

|Date: 7 March, 2023

ROCKWOOL launches recladding guide

Stone wool insulation manufacturer, ROCKWOOL, has added to its suite of industry support resources with t ...

Stone wool insulation manufacturer, ROCKWOOL, has added to its suite of industry support resources with the launch of the Recladding with ROCKWOOL guide for specifiers. Following the ban on combustibl ...

7 March, 2023
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Climate change: Retrofitting needs to take priority over demolition and rebuilding

|Date: 31 May, 2022

Climate change: Retrofitting needs to take priority over demolition and rebuilding

The Commons Environmental Audit Committee Chairman, Philip Dunne MP, has highlighted the need for ministe ...

The Commons Environmental Audit Committee Chairman, Philip Dunne MP, has highlighted the need for ministers to address the need to reduce the number of buildings being knocked down amid climate change ...

31 May, 2022
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Coalition of leading industry bodies join forces to develop UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard

|Date: 13 May, 2022

Coalition of leading industry bodies join forces to develop UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard

A cross-industry steering group, representing stakeholders across the built environment, have joined toge ...

A cross-industry steering group, representing stakeholders across the built environment, have joined together to develop a standard for verifying UK buildings as net zero carbon. The UKGBC’s Whole Lif ...

13 May, 2022
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Green technologies take centre stage in immersive version of Glasgow city icons at COP26

|Date: 29 October, 2021

Green technologies take centre stage in immersive version of Glasgow city icons at COP26

Two of Scotland’s leading lights in the property sustainability space collaborate to highlight the potent ...

Two of Scotland’s leading lights in the property sustainability space collaborate to highlight the potential environmental gains new and emerging technologies can bring to existing city buildings. COP ...

29 October, 2021
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Regional regeneration and investment opportunities to be unlocked at new West Midlands event

Life-changing military veterans’ self-build project reaches completion

Construction starts on over affordable homes in Leicestershire

Work starts on site for new rural homes in East Cowton

David Wilson Homes launches next phase of affordable properties in Stirling

Work begins to build new, affordable homes in South Normanton

Construction begins on £31m Extra Care housing project in Hebburn

EDAROTH starts work on Raven Housing Trust affordable housing scheme

First affordable homes delivered at 500 home development in Weymouth

Groundbreaking ceremony held for new secondary school in Bristol

INCA calls on government to optimise effective nationwide retrofit programme

INCA calls on government to optimise effective nationwide retrofit programme

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

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

Buildings Mission Zero Network launches ‘Mission Retrofit’ report

Buildings Mission Zero Network launches ‘Mission Retrofit’ report

New CCC report supports UK100’s urgent call to empower local authorities to take Net Zero lead

New CCC report supports UK100’s urgent call to empower local authorities to take Net Zero lead

Vital Energi | The road to net zero

Vital Energi | The road to net zero

ROCKWOOL launches recladding guide

ROCKWOOL launches recladding guide

Climate change: Retrofitting needs to take priority over demolition and rebuilding

Climate change: Retrofitting needs to take priority over demolition and rebuilding

Coalition of leading industry bodies join forces to develop UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard

Coalition of leading industry bodies join forces to develop UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard

Green technologies take centre stage in immersive version of Glasgow city icons at COP26

Green technologies take centre stage in immersive version of Glasgow city icons at COP26