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Worcester Bosch | Heat pumps relationship with social housing

|Date: 19 October, 2023

Worcester Bosch | Heat pumps relationship with social housing

Martyn Bridges, Director of Technical Services at Worcester Bosch discusses overcoming the challenges of ...

Martyn Bridges, Director of Technical Services at Worcester Bosch discusses overcoming the challenges of heat pump installation in the UK’s social housing and the role of the technology moving forward ...

19 October, 2023
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AKW helps make kitchens safer thanks to new Grab-a-Rail

|Date: 17 October, 2023

AKW helps make kitchens safer thanks to new Grab-a-Rail

AKW, a leading provider of bathroom accessibility solutions, has begun production of Grab-a-Rail, an easy ...

AKW, a leading provider of bathroom accessibility solutions, has begun production of Grab-a-Rail, an easy and quick to install solution that will help to make kitchens safer to move around and more ac ...

17 October, 2023
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Council wins national award for local area energy mapping project

|Date: 13 October, 2023

Council wins national award for local area energy mapping project

Oxfordshire County Council has won a national award for its role in a project that could revolutionise th ...

Oxfordshire County Council has won a national award for its role in a project that could revolutionise the way energy is produced and used in the UK. The council won the award for the best climate act ...

13 October, 2023
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The solution to identifying RAAC for public sector organisations

|Date: 12 October, 2023

The solution to identifying RAAC for public sector organisations

The Communities and Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC) offers advice on identifying RAAC for local auth ...

The Communities and Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC) offers advice on identifying RAAC for local authorities and other public sector organisations. Recently, there has been significant coverage in ...

12 October, 2023
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Greening social homes offers opportunities beyond the sector

|Date: 10 October, 2023

Greening social homes offers opportunities beyond the sector

The decarbonisation of social housing will have benefits way beyond housing itself, says a new independen ...

The decarbonisation of social housing will have benefits way beyond housing itself, says a new independent think tank report. The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) claims that making the nation’s homes ...

10 October, 2023
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Uponor | The role of heat networks in decarbonisation

|Date: 6 October, 2023

Uponor | The role of heat networks in decarbonisation

Decentralised energy such as heat networks looks set to play an important role in the decarbonisation of ...

Decentralised energy such as heat networks looks set to play an important role in the decarbonisation of heating. Here, Mark Dowdeswell, Senior Category Manager at Uponor, provides an overview of how ...

6 October, 2023
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Two-thirds of local authority planning and placemaking teams lack the capacity to meet strategic objectives

|Date: 2 October, 2023

Two-thirds of local authority planning and placemaking teams lack the capacity to meet strategic objectives

Two-thirds of local authority planning and placemaking professionals say their team does not have the cap ...

Two-thirds of local authority planning and placemaking professionals say their team does not have the capacity to meet their authority’s strategic objectives, according to a new survey. The Recruitmen ...

2 October, 2023
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Beattie Passive to host two free Passivhaus events at its offsite factory in October

|Date: 29 September, 2023

Beattie Passive to host two free Passivhaus events at its offsite factory in October

Passivhaus pioneer and offsite modular specialist Beattie Passive, a member of the Passivhaus Trust, the ...

Passivhaus pioneer and offsite modular specialist Beattie Passive, a member of the Passivhaus Trust, the Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB) and the Good Homes Alliance, is hosting t ...

29 September, 2023
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Biodiversity Net Gain implementation delay — what does this mean for landowners, developers, and local authorities?

|Date: 27 September, 2023

Biodiversity Net Gain implementation delay — what does this mean for landowners, developers, and local authorities?

The Government has said Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), which was due to become a mandatory part of the plan ...

The Government has said Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), which was due to become a mandatory part of the planning system in England in November, will now not be implemented on time. The Government claims ...

27 September, 2023
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Coventry based architect IDP wins prestigious award for London social housing development

|Date: 25 September, 2023

Coventry based architect IDP wins prestigious award for London social housing development

IDP, based in historic Spon Street, Coventry, has won the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Buildin ...

IDP, based in historic Spon Street, Coventry, has won the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Award 2023 (London region) against strong competition, in the Best Large Social Ho ...

25 September, 2023
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