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£120m framework to boost Scottish housing net zero drive

|Date: 7 May, 2024

£120m framework to boost Scottish housing net zero drive

Scottish businesses are being urged to put their names forward to secure a spot on a new major framework ...

Scottish businesses are being urged to put their names forward to secure a spot on a new major framework worth up to £120m over four years to support the delivery of crucial retrofitting and decarboni ...

7 May, 2024
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Sunderland Council reduces carbon emissions with new Hamworthy heat pump system installation

|Date: 8 February, 2024

Sunderland Council reduces carbon emissions with new Hamworthy heat pump system installation

When Sunderland City Council needed a heating system that would help to reduce carbon emissions at its of ...

When Sunderland City Council needed a heating system that would help to reduce carbon emissions at its offices in Stansfield Business Centre, a new Tyneham heat pump system, set up in a hybrid install ...

8 February, 2024
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Dulux Trade | The importance of added support when it comes to paint specification

|Date: 15 January, 2024

Dulux Trade | The importance of added support when it comes to paint specification

For local authorities, maintaining facilities and ensuring that they remain fit for purpose is crucial — ...

For local authorities, maintaining facilities and ensuring that they remain fit for purpose is crucial — but it can be a big undertaking. To make the process as hassle free as possible, councils shoul ...

15 January, 2024
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Upgrading the UK’s existing buildings key to coping with future record heat

|Date: 11 January, 2024

Upgrading the UK’s existing buildings key to coping with future record heat

Richard Tibenham of climate tech firm IES says upgrading the UK's existing buildings will be key to copin ...

Richard Tibenham of climate tech firm IES says upgrading the UK's existing buildings will be key to coping with future record heat. The confirmation that 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded demons ...

11 January, 2024
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Pioneers powering decarbonisation

|Date: 11 January, 2024

Pioneers powering decarbonisation

In an era defined by the urgency of climate change, the need to reduce carbon emissions has never been mo ...

In an era defined by the urgency of climate change, the need to reduce carbon emissions has never been more pressing. While conversations often focus on individual actions, one pioneering project in C ...

11 January, 2024
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Public buildings and social housing safeguarded by vital £20m framework

|Date: 6 November, 2023

Public buildings and social housing safeguarded by vital £20m framework

Public sector organisations across Scotland are being invited to attend a launch event that will share vi ...

Public sector organisations across Scotland are being invited to attend a launch event that will share vital information on a major framework geared towards improving the safety of social housing and ...

6 November, 2023
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£10.5m library edges closer to completion following interior fit out

|Date: 23 October, 2023

£10.5m library edges closer to completion following interior fit out

The new Nottingham Central Library is one step closer to opening its doors following the completion of a ...

The new Nottingham Central Library is one step closer to opening its doors following the completion of a stunning interior fit out and refurbishment by Overbury. Putting children and young people at t ...

23 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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Experts to explain hazardous concrete risk to public bodies

|Date: 28 September, 2023

Experts to explain hazardous concrete risk to public bodies

Worried owners and managers of public buildings are being offered expert support to navigate the hazardou ...

Worried owners and managers of public buildings are being offered expert support to navigate the hazardous concrete crisis which has disrupted schools across the UK. Those with responsibility for buil ...

28 September, 2023
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Ideal Heating – Commercial | Building Regulations Part L uplift

|Date: 6 September, 2023

Ideal Heating – Commercial | Building Regulations Part L uplift

With the transitional period now over, Chris Caton, Product Director – Commercial at Ideal Heating, revis ...

With the transitional period now over, Chris Caton, Product Director – Commercial at Ideal Heating, revisits Approved Document L, Conservation of fuel and power, as a step towards Net Zero 2050. In D ...

6 September, 2023
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