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Pretium Frameworks and Greener Futures Partnership launch new decarbonisation framework for Scotland

|Date: 10 July, 2023

Pretium Frameworks and Greener Futures Partnership launch new decarbonisation framework for Scotland

A new framework has been launched to provide retrofit and professional consultancy services to support Re ...

A new framework has been launched to provide retrofit and professional consultancy services to support Registered Social Landlords with the delivery of decarbonisation works. Developed with Contractin ...

10 July, 2023
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Wates join forces with NHDG to boost retrofit

|Date: 6 July, 2023

Wates join forces with NHDG to boost retrofit

Wates has become one of the first members of the newly formed National Homes Decarbonisation Group (NHDG) ...

Wates has become one of the first members of the newly formed National Homes Decarbonisation Group (NHDG) in a move that will help accelerate the social housing retrofit challenge. The Group will work ...

6 July, 2023
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Housing association highly commended in top sustainability awards

|Date: 6 July, 2023

Housing association highly commended in top sustainability awards

A housing association has been recognised in an award that champions excellence in decarbonising the hous ...

A housing association has been recognised in an award that champions excellence in decarbonising the housing sector. Platform Housing Group — one of the UK’s largest social landlords — has been highly ...

6 July, 2023
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Work begins to retrofit homes in Portree amid Skye’s housing crisis

|Date: 5 July, 2023

Work begins to retrofit homes in Portree amid Skye’s housing crisis

Glasgow-based energy services firm Union Technical has commenced work to retrofit 18 homes in Skye in a b ...

Glasgow-based energy services firm Union Technical has commenced work to retrofit 18 homes in Skye in a bid to help address the island’s ongoing housing crisis. Work has begun on a £540,000 upgrade of ...

5 July, 2023
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Affordable homes made more energy-efficient

|Date: 3 July, 2023

Affordable homes made more energy-efficient

Housing association, Homes Plus, is nearing completion on a £2.3m project to make 129 homes warmer, green ...

Housing association, Homes Plus, is nearing completion on a £2.3m project to make 129 homes warmer, greener and cheaper to run. The landlord, with more than 19,000 homes across Staffordshire and Shrop ...

3 July, 2023
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Net Zero Neighbourhoods: an opportunity to sweeten the deal for investors

|Date: 29 June, 2023

Net Zero Neighbourhoods: an opportunity to sweeten the deal for investors

Local authorities in the UK face significant challenges in funding the net zero transition. In response, ...

Local authorities in the UK face significant challenges in funding the net zero transition. In response, 3Ci proposes the Net Zero Neighbourhoods model, an innovative concept that packages net zero pr ...

29 June, 2023
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Orbit welcomes Lord Callanan to showcase energy efficiency improvements for West Midlands’ homes

|Date: 26 June, 2023

Orbit welcomes Lord Callanan to showcase energy efficiency improvements for West Midlands’ homes

Orbit Housing and Stratford-on-Avon District Council recently welcomed Lord Callanan, the Parliamentary U ...

Orbit Housing and Stratford-on-Avon District Council recently welcomed Lord Callanan, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance) and representatives ...

26 June, 2023
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National Retrofit Hub appoints new Co-Directors

|Date: 15 June, 2023

National Retrofit Hub appoints new Co-Directors

The National Retrofit Hub (the Hub) is delighted to announce the appointment of Rachael Owens and Sara Ed ...

The National Retrofit Hub (the Hub) is delighted to announce the appointment of Rachael Owens and Sara Edmonds as Co-Directors who take over from Russell Smith, Interim Director, in mid-July 2023. Rac ...

15 June, 2023
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CIBSE | Award winning performance

|Date: 15 June, 2023

CIBSE | Award winning performance

Swansea Council and the Welsh School of Architecture won the Domestic Project of the Year category at thi ...

Swansea Council and the Welsh School of Architecture won the Domestic Project of the Year category at this year's CIBSE Building Performance Awards for the energy efficiency retrofit of six bungalows. ...

15 June, 2023
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Frameworx | Rising to the challenge

|Date: 14 June, 2023

Frameworx | Rising to the challenge

David Miller, Director of the new procurement framework, Frameworx, looks at why the required retrofit up ...

David Miller, Director of the new procurement framework, Frameworx, looks at why the required retrofit upgrades to the UK’s housing stock represents the biggest building challenge our sector has ever ...

14 June, 2023
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