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Heat pump project breaks ground in Cornwall

|Date: 13 June, 2022

Heat pump project breaks ground in Cornwall

Heat the Streets, Kensa Utilities' ambitious ERDF-funded sustainable heating project, has broken ground a ...

Heat the Streets, Kensa Utilities' ambitious ERDF-funded sustainable heating project, has broken ground at two new construction sites in Cornwall. Work has begun on Heat the Streets low carbon heating ...

13 June, 2022
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Fire consultants in place on £36m framework

|Date: 8 June, 2022

Fire consultants in place on £36m framework

Twenty fire consultants have won a place on Notting Hill Genesis' £36m framework to ensure fire safety an ...

Twenty fire consultants have won a place on Notting Hill Genesis' £36m framework to ensure fire safety and compliance on new-build and existing homes. Between them, their expertise will be used throug ...

8 June, 2022
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Industry responds to Chancellor’s support package

|Date: 27 May, 2022

Industry responds to Chancellor’s support package

This week the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a £15bn package of support to tackle rising energy bills a ...

This week the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a £15bn package of support to tackle rising energy bills and the cost of living crisis. The measures included a £400 discount on energy bills for all hou ...

27 May, 2022
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Marley | Solar can help councils meet the Part L challenge

|Date: 27 May, 2022

Marley | Solar can help councils meet the Part L challenge

Local authorities, like others responsible for building and maintaining the nation's housing stock, are p ...

Local authorities, like others responsible for building and maintaining the nation's housing stock, are poised for the impact of Part L of the Building Regulations when it is introduced in June this y ...

27 May, 2022
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Platform Housing Group secures £235m sustainability loan with Lloyds Bank

|Date: 23 May, 2022

Platform Housing Group secures £235m sustainability loan with Lloyds Bank

Platform Housing Group has secured a £235m sustainability-linked loan from Lloyds Bank to help it develop ...

Platform Housing Group has secured a £235m sustainability-linked loan from Lloyds Bank to help it develop new affordable housing and decarbonise its existing portfolio. The funding is Lloyds Bank’s bi ...

23 May, 2022
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Minister’s visit recognises social and environmental benefits of government funded decarbonisation programme

|Date: 20 May, 2022

Minister’s visit recognises social and environmental benefits of government funded decarbonisation programme

Lord Callanan, Business and Energy Minister, visited residents in Northampton on the 18th May, where over ...

Lord Callanan, Business and Energy Minister, visited residents in Northampton on the 18th May, where over £9m has been allocated to carry out major works to decarbonise council homes. Representatives ...

20 May, 2022
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Vaillant UK | Low carbon heat for social housing

|Date: 19 May, 2022

Vaillant UK | Low carbon heat for social housing

The UK Government has made it clear that for the UK to achieve its climate goals, decarbonising heating i ...

The UK Government has made it clear that for the UK to achieve its climate goals, decarbonising heating in our homes and public buildings will be crucial. To support this, £3.9bn of new funding(1) for ...

19 May, 2022
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RetrofitWorks appointed to lead Mayor of London’s Warmer Homes programme

|Date: 6 May, 2022

RetrofitWorks appointed to lead Mayor of London’s Warmer Homes programme

RetrofitWorks, the not-for-profit co-operative, is delighted to announce they have been appointed to mana ...

RetrofitWorks, the not-for-profit co-operative, is delighted to announce they have been appointed to manage the £40m planned investment to improve the energy efficiency of Greater London homes, as par ...

6 May, 2022
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Drone Corner | Thermal imaging drones

|Date: 28 April, 2022

Drone Corner | Thermal imaging drones

For the second in a new regular series covering drone technology, Ray Faulkner, Managing Director of iRed ...

For the second in a new regular series covering drone technology, Ray Faulkner, Managing Director of iRed®, offers advice on how to maximise your zero carbon budget with thermal imaging drones. With t ...

28 April, 2022
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Award winning project that ‘feels like a penthouse’ is completed

|Date: 15 March, 2022

Award winning project that ‘feels like a penthouse’ is completed

A project to introduce innovative energy saving measures to council homes in Nottingham has been complete ...

A project to introduce innovative energy saving measures to council homes in Nottingham has been completed, with one tenant stating that his new look home ‘feels like a penthouse'. 12 formerly hard-to ...

15 March, 2022
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