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Wates SHDF WAVE 2.1 contracts exceed £100m

|Date: 24 November, 2023

Wates SHDF WAVE 2.1 contracts exceed £100m

Wates has further cemented its presence as a leader in social housing retrofit having secured £107m of So ...

Wates has further cemented its presence as a leader in social housing retrofit having secured £107m of Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 2.1 contracts on behalf of 17 social landlords. T ...

24 November, 2023
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Glidevale Protect | Maximising offsite with fabric first

|Date: 17 November, 2023

Glidevale Protect | Maximising offsite with fabric first

John Mellor from Glidevale Protect explains how adopting a fabric first approach and drawing on specialis ...

John Mellor from Glidevale Protect explains how adopting a fabric first approach and drawing on specialist hidden protectors in the building envelope can further enhance the benefits of offsite to cre ...

17 November, 2023
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Planning permission granted for major regeneration of central Winklebury

|Date: 14 November, 2023

Planning permission granted for major regeneration of central Winklebury

Housing association VIVID has been granted planning permission for the major regeneration of central Wink ...

Housing association VIVID has been granted planning permission for the major regeneration of central Winklebury. This transformative project will deliver 203 highly sustainable new homes, along with 4 ...

14 November, 2023
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Project 80 paves the way for a new era of sustainable residential construction

|Date: 7 November, 2023

Project 80 paves the way for a new era of sustainable residential construction

The brainchild of forward-thinking housing association, Midland Heart, Project 80’s design and constructi ...

The brainchild of forward-thinking housing association, Midland Heart, Project 80’s design and construction has been significantly influenced by the Future Homes Standard, set to be introduced in 2025 ...

7 November, 2023
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128 new energy-efficient homes coming to the east end of Glasgow

|Date: 1 November, 2023

128 new energy-efficient homes coming to the east end of Glasgow

Work has officially started on a new housing development in the east of Glasgow. Bridging the affordable ...

Work has officially started on a new housing development in the east of Glasgow. Bridging the affordable housing gap in Scotland, leading housing provider Sanctuary Scotland is bringing 128 high quali ...

1 November, 2023
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Doors open at first Scottish Passivhaus primary school to use CLT structure

|Date: 9 October, 2023

Doors open at first Scottish Passivhaus primary school to use CLT structure

The first Passivhaus primary school project in Scotland to be constructed from cross-laminated timber (CL ...

The first Passivhaus primary school project in Scotland to be constructed from cross-laminated timber (CLT) has opened its doors in Edinburgh. The £3.2m, two-storey extension to Sciennes Primary Schoo ...

9 October, 2023
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Stoke by Nayland names new affordable homes after local school teacher

|Date: 6 October, 2023

Stoke by Nayland names new affordable homes after local school teacher

The development of eight new energy-efficient, affordable homes was celebrated by the community of Stoke ...

The development of eight new energy-efficient, affordable homes was celebrated by the community of Stoke by Nayland on Friday 29th September 2023. The homes are built on land that used to be part of t ...

6 October, 2023
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Glidevale Protect | Construction membranes help One Manchester set the standard for energy efficiency

|Date: 8 September, 2023

Glidevale Protect | Construction membranes help One Manchester set the standard for energy efficiency

Construction membranes from Glidevale Protect have been installed throughout a flagship low carbon new-bu ...

Construction membranes from Glidevale Protect have been installed throughout a flagship low carbon new-build development for social housing provider, One Manchester, helping meet stringent airtightnes ...

8 September, 2023
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Orbit welcomes Lord Callanan to showcase energy efficiency improvements for West Midlands’ homes

|Date: 26 June, 2023

Orbit welcomes Lord Callanan to showcase energy efficiency improvements for West Midlands’ homes

Orbit Housing and Stratford-on-Avon District Council recently welcomed Lord Callanan, the Parliamentary U ...

Orbit Housing and Stratford-on-Avon District Council recently welcomed Lord Callanan, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance) and representatives ...

26 June, 2023
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Frameworx | Rising to the challenge

|Date: 14 June, 2023

Frameworx | Rising to the challenge

David Miller, Director of the new procurement framework, Frameworx, looks at why the required retrofit up ...

David Miller, Director of the new procurement framework, Frameworx, looks at why the required retrofit upgrades to the UK’s housing stock represents the biggest building challenge our sector has ever ...

14 June, 2023
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