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North East housing providers form partnership to help deliver more social homes across the region

|Date: 20 November, 2023

North East housing providers form partnership to help deliver more social homes across the region

With over 40,000 North East households on the waiting list for social housing, there’s a desperate need t ...

With over 40,000 North East households on the waiting list for social housing, there’s a desperate need to rapidly build more genuinely affordable homes across the region. A group of North East based ...

20 November, 2023
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2023 Ashden Awards revealed: the UK climate champions transforming energy, housing and agriculture

|Date: 15 November, 2023

2023 Ashden Awards revealed: the UK climate champions transforming energy, housing and agriculture

The eight winners of the 2023 Ashden Awards have been announced. Three trailblazers from the UK and five ...

The eight winners of the 2023 Ashden Awards have been announced. Three trailblazers from the UK and five from the Global South are driving radical progress in tackling the biggest climate challenges a ...

15 November, 2023
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Expert team appointed to shape new Festival Gardens neighbourhood

|Date: 9 November, 2023

Expert team appointed to shape new Festival Gardens neighbourhood

Liverpool City Council has appointed a multi-disciplinary team of placemaking experts to help create a ne ...

Liverpool City Council has appointed a multi-disciplinary team of placemaking experts to help create a new neighbourhood next to the city’s Festival Gardens. The team of architects and designers will ...

9 November, 2023
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Project 80 paves the way for a new era of sustainable residential construction

|Date: 7 November, 2023

Project 80 paves the way for a new era of sustainable residential construction

The brainchild of forward-thinking housing association, Midland Heart, Project 80’s design and constructi ...

The brainchild of forward-thinking housing association, Midland Heart, Project 80’s design and construction has been significantly influenced by the Future Homes Standard, set to be introduced in 2025 ...

7 November, 2023
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Southern Construction Framework | Boosting biodiversity on developments

|Date: 1 November, 2023

Southern Construction Framework | Boosting biodiversity on developments

Kingsley Clarke and Adam Sanford, Operations Leads at Southern Construction Framework, share advice on ev ...

Kingsley Clarke and Adam Sanford, Operations Leads at Southern Construction Framework, share advice on everything local authorities need to know about the Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) rules. The new ma ...

1 November, 2023
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Barclays Corporate Banking and Orbit agree £115m Sustainability-Linked Facility

|Date: 30 October, 2023

Barclays Corporate Banking and Orbit agree £115m Sustainability-Linked Facility

Orbit has announced that it has agreed a new £115m credit facility with Barclays Corporate Banking. The f ...

Orbit has announced that it has agreed a new £115m credit facility with Barclays Corporate Banking. The facility is Orbit’s second sustainability-linked loan (SLL) where the margin is linked to the ho ...

30 October, 2023
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Focus on Sustainbility with Glidevale Protect

|Date: 30 October, 2023

Focus on Sustainbility with Glidevale Protect

With a product range specifically developed to improve the operational energy efficiency of buildings, le ...

With a product range specifically developed to improve the operational energy efficiency of buildings, leading manufacturer Glidevale Protect has launched several initiatives to reduce the environment ...

30 October, 2023
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Housing association takes further action towards improving the sustainability of its homes in South Devon

|Date: 25 October, 2023

Housing association takes further action towards improving the sustainability of its homes in South Devon

A leading housing association has taken one step closer to achieving its goal of retrofitting 8,000 of it ...

A leading housing association has taken one step closer to achieving its goal of retrofitting 8,000 of its least energy-efficient homes to ensure they are more eco-friendly and reduce the cost of ener ...

25 October, 2023
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Forbo Flooring elevates the sustainability ethos in new eco-friendly primary school

|Date: 24 October, 2023

Forbo Flooring elevates the sustainability ethos in new eco-friendly primary school

Two Rivers Primary School in Keynsham, Somerset, is only the second school in the country to achieve Pass ...

Two Rivers Primary School in Keynsham, Somerset, is only the second school in the country to achieve Passivhaus Plus accreditation. To achieve this impressive milestone, architects Hatcher Prichard ha ...

24 October, 2023
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Dulux Decorator Centre unveils new sustainability commitments

|Date: 10 October, 2023

Dulux Decorator Centre unveils new sustainability commitments

Dulux Decorator Centre has introduced new sustainability commitments as part of its ongoing pledges towar ...

Dulux Decorator Centre has introduced new sustainability commitments as part of its ongoing pledges towards having a positive impact on people and the planet. Its mission is to contribute to making th ...

10 October, 2023
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