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OSB in timber frame construction

|Date: 10 June, 2024

OSB in timber frame construction

Rebecca Goldsmith, Product Manager at MEDITE SMARTPLY explains why innovative OSB panels that integrate a ...

Rebecca Goldsmith, Product Manager at MEDITE SMARTPLY explains why innovative OSB panels that integrate air and vapour control layers are a potential game-changer in timber frame construction, offerin ...

10 June, 2024
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Groundbreaking Passivhaus leisure project hits significant milestone

|Date: 14 February, 2024

Groundbreaking Passivhaus leisure project hits significant milestone

The UK’s first and largest wet and dry Passivhaus leisure centre has undergone its next milestone moment, ...

The UK’s first and largest wet and dry Passivhaus leisure centre has undergone its next milestone moment, as installation commences on two new modular pools that will help drive cost and energy effici ...

14 February, 2024
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Planning approved for sustainable housing community in Cambourne

|Date: 19 January, 2024

Planning approved for sustainable housing community in Cambourne

The South Cambridgeshire Investment Partnership (SCIP), an equal partnership between South Cambridgeshire ...

The South Cambridgeshire Investment Partnership (SCIP), an equal partnership between South Cambridgeshire District Council and award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group, has received planning approval ...

19 January, 2024
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A window on good specification

|Date: 9 January, 2024

A window on good specification

It was recently reported that social landlord A2Dominion had completed more new homes achieving an EPC Ba ...

It was recently reported that social landlord A2Dominion had completed more new homes achieving an EPC Band A rating than any other landlord in the UK. Senior Design & Technical Manager at A2Domin ...

9 January, 2024
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Plans submitted for mixed-tenure development at Fanshawe Road, Cambridge

|Date: 3 January, 2024

Plans submitted for mixed-tenure development at Fanshawe Road, Cambridge

The Cambridge Investment Partnership (CIP) has submitted plans for a new mixed-tenure development of 84 a ...

The Cambridge Investment Partnership (CIP) has submitted plans for a new mixed-tenure development of 84 affordable and market sale homes at Fanshawe Road in the Coleridge Ward of the city. The propose ...

3 January, 2024
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Liniar | Specifying low carbon windows and doors

|Date: 8 November, 2023

Liniar | Specifying low carbon windows and doors

In a bid to tackle the effects of climate change, the UK Government has proposed the Future Building Stan ...

In a bid to tackle the effects of climate change, the UK Government has proposed the Future Building Standards and Future Homes Standard, which will see changes to Part L (Conservation of fuel and pow ...

8 November, 2023
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Planning application submitted for refurbishment and Passivhaus extension at Edinburgh’s Trinity Academy

|Date: 24 October, 2023

Planning application submitted for refurbishment and Passivhaus extension at Edinburgh’s Trinity Academy

A planning application has been submitted to City of Edinburgh Council for the second phase of developmen ...

A planning application has been submitted to City of Edinburgh Council for the second phase of development at Trinity Academy, a secondary school set within the Victoria Park conservation area in the ...

24 October, 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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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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CIP breaks ground as work begins at Aylesborough Close, Cambridge

|Date: 22 September, 2023

CIP breaks ground as work begins at Aylesborough Close, Cambridge

A ground-breaking ceremony has been held to mark the official start of work at Aylesborough Close, Cambri ...

A ground-breaking ceremony has been held to mark the official start of work at Aylesborough Close, Cambridge, where Cambridge Investment Partnership (CIP) will be delivering 70 low carbon council home ...

22 September, 2023
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