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PAS2035 Airtightness and Ventilation

|Date: 15 September, 2021

PAS2035 Airtightness and Ventilation

Luke Smith, Managing Director of Build Test Solutions, discusses PAS2035:2019 and offers advice on how be ...

Luke Smith, Managing Director of Build Test Solutions, discusses PAS2035:2019 and offers advice on how best to satisfy its requirements for ventilation and airtightness. PAS2035:2019 came into force f ...

15 September, 2021
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RetrofitWorks | Working together for a Green Recovery

|Date: 14 September, 2021

RetrofitWorks | Working together for a Green Recovery

Russell Smith, Director of RetrofitWorks, the growing, not-for-profit co-operative, established to improv ...

Russell Smith, Director of RetrofitWorks, the growing, not-for-profit co-operative, established to improve the UK’s existing housing stock in an environmentally-friendly way through Trustmark accredit ...

14 September, 2021
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Sero sets the standard for delivering zero carbon homes

|Date: 20 August, 2021

Sero sets the standard for delivering zero carbon homes

Energy service and tech company Sero has launched a New Build Specification to support others in the indu ...

Energy service and tech company Sero has launched a New Build Specification to support others in the industry to deliver truly net zero in operation homes — for all homes: social housing, privately ow ...

20 August, 2021
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MMC and net zero on the agenda for LHC at Housing 2021

|Date: 12 August, 2021

MMC and net zero on the agenda for LHC at Housing 2021

Public sector housing teams will be able to hear about and discuss the challenges of and opportunities av ...

Public sector housing teams will be able to hear about and discuss the challenges of and opportunities available in MMC, retrofit and the net zero agenda, as experts from procurement specialist LHC ap ...

12 August, 2021
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Achieving net zero homes | Working in harmony with the National Grid

|Date: 11 August, 2021

Achieving net zero homes | Working in harmony with the National Grid

Is Grid Harmony one way to make UK housing net zero? Andy Sutton, Co Founder and Director of Design & ...

Is Grid Harmony one way to make UK housing net zero? Andy Sutton, Co Founder and Director of Design & Innovation at Sero, outlines the need for new and refurbished homes to work in harmony with th ...

11 August, 2021
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Why social housing providers are taking a fabric first approach to housing retrofit

|Date: 6 August, 2021

Why social housing providers are taking a fabric first approach to housing retrofit

With the 2050 net carbon deadline upon us, J Tomlinson’s Managing Director, Ant Newton, discusses why hou ...

With the 2050 net carbon deadline upon us, J Tomlinson’s Managing Director, Ant Newton, discusses why housing providers and social landlords are adopting a ‘fabric first’ approach to their retrofit pr ...

6 August, 2021
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ENGIE secures significant portion of Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

|Date: 1 July, 2021

ENGIE secures significant portion of Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

Leading energy, services and regeneration specialist, ENGIE has reported unrivalled success with the Gove ...

Leading energy, services and regeneration specialist, ENGIE has reported unrivalled success with the Government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF), with involvement in a quarter of the succe ...

1 July, 2021
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Achieving net zero homes | Sero discusses the challenges around decarbonisation

|Date: 29 June, 2021

Achieving net zero homes | Sero discusses the challenges around decarbonisation

How do we make UK housing Net Zero? Andy Sutton, Co Founder and Director of Design & Innovation at Se ...

How do we make UK housing Net Zero? Andy Sutton, Co Founder and Director of Design & Innovation at Sero, outlines the challenge facing politicians, councils, RSLs, policy makers and contractors an ...

29 June, 2021
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Family Housing Association turns to solar to tackle carbon footprint and fuel poverty

|Date: 28 June, 2021

Family Housing Association turns to solar to tackle carbon footprint and fuel poverty

Family Housing Association has unveiled an exciting collaboration with ASW Property Services to install s ...

Family Housing Association has unveiled an exciting collaboration with ASW Property Services to install state-of-the-art solar panels on housing stock in Carmarthenshire as part of the Government-fund ...

28 June, 2021
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Major energy efficiency home improvements scheme gathers pace

|Date: 24 June, 2021

Major energy efficiency home improvements scheme gathers pace

Gateshead-based contractor Tolent is working to improve the energy efficiency of homes across County Durh ...

Gateshead-based contractor Tolent is working to improve the energy efficiency of homes across County Durham after being awarded a £5m contract. Working on behalf of Durham County Council, the contract ...

24 June, 2021
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