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Next Steps for UK Heat Policy report launched

|Date: 20 October, 2016

Next Steps for UK Heat Policy report launched

Heating and hot water use in buildings make up 40% of our energy consumption and 20% of our greenhouse ga ...

Heating and hot water use in buildings make up 40% of our energy consumption and 20% of our greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. To meet Climate Change Act targets and maintain the UK contribution to i ...

20 October, 2016
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Efficiently-shaped homes could reduce energy consumption

|Date: 20 October, 2016

Efficiently-shaped homes could reduce energy consumption

Energy demand in new homes could be halved if more focus is put on the shape and form of housing being bu ...

Energy demand in new homes could be halved if more focus is put on the shape and form of housing being built, according to the latest report from the NHBC Foundation. The current Building Regulations ...

20 October, 2016
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Complying with London’s zero carbon dwellings policy

|Date: 20 October, 2016

Complying with London’s zero carbon dwellings policy

Zero carbon dwellings policy seminar will look at how those involved in new housing provision across the ...

Zero carbon dwellings policy seminar will look at how those involved in new housing provision across the capital can achieve compliance. The seminar covering the new zero carbon dwellings policy will ...

20 October, 2016
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Fernox introduces TF1 Omega Filter for domestic market

|Date: 19 October, 2016

Fernox introduces TF1 Omega Filter for domestic market

Combining a powerful, Neodymium magnet with Hydronic Particle Separation (HPS) technology, the nickel-pla ...

Combining a powerful, Neodymium magnet with Hydronic Particle Separation (HPS) technology, the nickel-plated brass TF1 Omega Filter from Fernox is able to capture extremely high levels of system debri ...

19 October, 2016
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CIEH praises Shelter’s Living Home Standard

|Date: 19 October, 2016

CIEH praises Shelter’s Living Home Standard

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) says Shelter's Living Home Standard provides clear ...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) says Shelter's Living Home Standard provides clear benchmark for landlords and tenants. Following the launch of Shelter’s ‘Living Home Standard’ ...

19 October, 2016
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Living Home Standard tackles affordability and decency

|Date: 19 October, 2016

Living Home Standard tackles affordability and decency

Four in 10 people (43%) in Britain live in homes which fail to meet the ‘Living Home Standard’ — a new me ...

Four in 10 people (43%) in Britain live in homes which fail to meet the ‘Living Home Standard’ — a new measure of what makes an acceptable home, developed as part of ground-breaking new research relea ...

19 October, 2016
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Kier responds to government housing pledge

|Date: 19 October, 2016

Kier responds to government housing pledge

Kier Living launches £1bn housing delivery fund with ambitions to help public sector build 10,000 new hom ...

Kier Living launches £1bn housing delivery fund with ambitions to help public sector build 10,000 new homes across the UK. The 'New Communities Partnership' initiative was launched in partnership with ...

19 October, 2016
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End of Right to Buy in Scotland

|Date: 17 October, 2016

End of Right to Buy in Scotland

Zhan McIntyre, policy lead at the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA), discusses why the e ...

Zhan McIntyre, policy lead at the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA), discusses why the end of Right to Buy in Scotland was not a moment too soon. The Scottish Federation of Housing As ...

17 October, 2016
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Creating mixed communities

|Date: 17 October, 2016

Creating mixed communities

Do we need 500,000 new councils houses? Asks Matthew Warburton, policy advisor at the Association of Reta ...

Do we need 500,000 new councils houses? Asks Matthew Warburton, policy advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH). Theresa May’s government has so far retained its predecessor’s amb ...

17 October, 2016
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Affordable housing need

|Date: 17 October, 2016

Affordable housing need

Gavin Smart, deputy chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing, discusses the need for more tr ...

Gavin Smart, deputy chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing, discusses the need for more truly affordable homes and greater support and funding for housing providers to deliver them. Hom ...

17 October, 2016
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