National Home Decarbonisation Group Archives

Retrofit supply chain calls for more contracts

|Date: 10 November, 2025

Retrofit supply chain calls for more contracts

As it stands, local authorities and housing associations could potentially lose initial funding awarded t ...

As it stands, local authorities and housing associations could potentially lose initial funding awarded to them as part of the Warm Homes Plan if year one allocations for life-changing energy efficien ...

10 November, 2025
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Futurebuild launches second Big Retrofit Challenge to accelerate home and property decarbonisation

|Date: 15 October, 2025

Futurebuild launches second Big Retrofit Challenge to accelerate home and property decarbonisation

Futurebuild, the UK’s leading built environment event, in partnership with the National Home Decarbonisat ...

Futurebuild, the UK’s leading built environment event, in partnership with the National Home Decarbonisation Group (NHDG) and Innovate UK, has launched the second Big Retrofit Challenge. The competit ...

15 October, 2025
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Greater Manchester to pursue area-based retrofit success

|Date: 16 July, 2025

Greater Manchester to pursue area-based retrofit success

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) recently united with the National Home Decarbonisation Group ...

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) recently united with the National Home Decarbonisation Group (NHDG) and the Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) to discuss how devolved funding can be use ...

16 July, 2025
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UK housing net zero opportunities and challenges

|Date: 24 May, 2024

UK housing net zero opportunities and challenges

Mears Group has launched its first Decarbonisation Report, which lays out the scale of the opportunity an ...

Mears Group has launched its first Decarbonisation Report, which lays out the scale of the opportunity and challenge facing the housing sector as it works towards reaching the UK's net zero targets. B ...

24 May, 2024
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Report highlights opportunities and challenges facing UK housing sector as it looks to meet net zero targets

|Date: 1 May, 2024

Report highlights opportunities and challenges facing UK housing sector as it looks to meet net zero targets

The scale of the opportunity and challenge facing the UK housing sector as it works to reach the UK’s net ...

The scale of the opportunity and challenge facing the UK housing sector as it works to reach the UK’s net zero targets has been laid out by leading specialist housing provider, Mears Group, in its fir ...

1 May, 2024
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“We will deliver on decarbonisation together,” say energy efficiency, insulation sector and government officials

|Date: 3 January, 2024

“We will deliver on decarbonisation together,” say energy efficiency, insulation sector and government officials

More than 140 of the leading energy efficiency and insulation professionals, industry figureheads and gov ...

More than 140 of the leading energy efficiency and insulation professionals, industry figureheads and government officials came together at an event held before Christmas to celebrate the transformati ...

3 January, 2024
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National Home Decarbonisation Group welcomes latest government energy efficiency funds

|Date: 19 December, 2023

National Home Decarbonisation Group welcomes latest government energy efficiency funds

Derek Horrocks, Chair of the National Home Decarbonisation Group, says latest government energy efficienc ...

Derek Horrocks, Chair of the National Home Decarbonisation Group, says latest government energy efficiency funds announcement is another incredibly positive step towards decarbonising housing stock up ...

19 December, 2023
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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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Autumn Statement offers some positives, but a commitment to long-term funding for social housing lacking

|Date: 23 November, 2023

Autumn Statement offers some positives, but a commitment to long-term funding for social housing lacking

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement includes a raft of new measures, such as a commitment to unfree ...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement includes a raft of new measures, such as a commitment to unfreezing Local Housing Allowance, an investment of £110m over this year and next to deliver high qu ...

23 November, 2023
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National home decarbonisation group members push for immediate social housing decarbonisation fund progress

|Date: 20 November, 2023

National home decarbonisation group members push for immediate social housing decarbonisation fund progress

Decarbonisation of homes up and down the country will benefit the health and wellbeing of those living in ...

Decarbonisation of homes up and down the country will benefit the health and wellbeing of those living in them — as well as supporting their economic situation too. That’s why the National Home Decarb ...

20 November, 2023
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