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IES | Using digital twin technology to maximise sustainable retrofit

|Date: 23 August, 2022

IES | Using digital twin technology to maximise sustainable retrofit

Keivan Djahanbani, Senior Project Consultant at IES, discusses using digital twin technology to unlock ma ...

Keivan Djahanbani, Senior Project Consultant at IES, discusses using digital twin technology to unlock maximum sustainability in local council retrofit programmes. Recently, the Commons Environmental ...

23 August, 2022
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Special Report | Brownfield: Piecing it together

|Date: 11 August, 2022

Special Report | Brownfield: Piecing it together

Mike Salter, Group Development Director at SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement autho ...

Mike Salter, Group Development Director at SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement authorities, outlines what local authorities should be considering when developing brownfield strate ...

11 August, 2022
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Innovative housing and community hub project completed in Newport

|Date: 10 August, 2022

Innovative housing and community hub project completed in Newport

Neath-based construction firm J.G. Hale Construction has completed work on an innovative development for ...

Neath-based construction firm J.G. Hale Construction has completed work on an innovative development for housing provider Pobl Group, which has created 45 new sustainable homes alongside a community h ...

10 August, 2022
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Willmott Dixon to deliver latest GT3-designed Passivhaus leisure project for Spelthorne Borough Council

|Date: 8 August, 2022

Willmott Dixon to deliver latest GT3-designed Passivhaus leisure project for Spelthorne Borough Council

One of the UK’s leading contractors has been appointed to deliver a pioneering Passivhaus leisure centre, ...

One of the UK’s leading contractors has been appointed to deliver a pioneering Passivhaus leisure centre, designed by the sports and leisure experts at GT3 Architects. Willmott Dixon has been named by ...

8 August, 2022
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How green are modular homes?

|Date: 2 August, 2022

How green are modular homes?

With a national housing shortage and ambitious housebuilding targets for developers and local councils to ...

With a national housing shortage and ambitious housebuilding targets for developers and local councils to meet, is now really the time to put the pressure on the industry to explore more sustainable m ...

2 August, 2022
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Part Z amendment and embodied carbon regulation

|Date: 28 July, 2022

Part Z amendment and embodied carbon regulation

Head of Sustainability at Whitecode, Ellen Huelin, takes a look at the proposed Part Z amendment to the B ...

Head of Sustainability at Whitecode, Ellen Huelin, takes a look at the proposed Part Z amendment to the Building Regulations and the concept of embodied carbon regulation. Ellen argues that without su ...

28 July, 2022
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Schools could achieve net zero with a new community business model

|Date: 21 July, 2022

Schools could achieve net zero with a new community business model

A community energy organisation in Leicester has designed a new business model to help schools across the ...

A community energy organisation in Leicester has designed a new business model to help schools across the country save on their energy bills and eliminate their carbon emissions. Green Fox Community E ...

21 July, 2022
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George Clarke announces young winners of Wates home design competition

|Date: 21 July, 2022

George Clarke announces young winners of Wates home design competition

Renowned architect and TV presenter George Clarke has announced the winners of the Wates young persons’ d ...

Renowned architect and TV presenter George Clarke has announced the winners of the Wates young persons’ design challenge for primary schools. The challenge, created in partnership with Wates Residenti ...

21 July, 2022
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Morgan Sindall Construction championing sustainability with new £5.8m Cambridge hospital resource centre

|Date: 19 July, 2022

Morgan Sindall Construction championing sustainability with new £5.8m Cambridge hospital resource centre

Works are underway at Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge, as Morgan Sindall Construction transforms a disused m ...

Works are underway at Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge, as Morgan Sindall Construction transforms a disused modular structure into a new £5.8m resource centre. The scheme, which is being delivered for the ...

19 July, 2022
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BE-ST and UKGBC Scotland team up on joint sustainability mission

|Date: 11 July, 2022

BE-ST and UKGBC Scotland team up on joint sustainability mission

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has announced a new partnership with the UK Green Buil ...

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has announced a new partnership with the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC Scotland), with a shared ambition to radically improve the sustainability o ...

11 July, 2022
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