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Cenergist installs UK’s first domestic high temperature air source heat pumps on £24m Leeds City Council initiative

|Date: 23 November, 2023

Cenergist installs UK’s first domestic high temperature air source heat pumps on £24m Leeds City Council initiative

Water and energy efficiency company Cenergist has completed what it believes to be the UK’s first install ...

Water and energy efficiency company Cenergist has completed what it believes to be the UK’s first installation of high temperature air source heat pumps in a domestic setting. The installations have d ...

23 November, 2023
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Work is underway to demolish Highways tower blocks paving way for future development

|Date: 19 June, 2023

Work is underway to demolish Highways tower blocks paving way for future development

Demolition of the Highways tower blocks and maisonettes in Killingbeck is now underway, marking the first ...

Demolition of the Highways tower blocks and maisonettes in Killingbeck is now underway, marking the first step towards the development of new social housing on the site. Following positive engagement ...

19 June, 2023
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Sustainable success at Thurrock as first Kensa ground source heat pump switched on

|Date: 6 March, 2023

Sustainable success at Thurrock as first Kensa ground source heat pump switched on

Kensa Contracting and Thurrock Council celebrated an important milestone as the first energy and carbon s ...

Kensa Contracting and Thurrock Council celebrated an important milestone as the first energy and carbon saving ground source heat pump was switched on. It is one of over 270 residences benefiting from ...

6 March, 2023
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Affordable warmth on the agenda as Lord Callanan visits residents in Thurrock

|Date: 15 December, 2022

Affordable warmth on the agenda as Lord Callanan visits residents in Thurrock

On Thursday 8th December, Lord Callanan, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Bus ...

On Thursday 8th December, Lord Callanan, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), visited residents from Chadwell St Mary in Thurro ...

15 December, 2022
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Residents ‘over the moon’ as innovative Newcastle heating scheme concludes

|Date: 9 August, 2022

Residents ‘over the moon’ as innovative Newcastle heating scheme concludes

Residents living in two Newcastle tower blocks have expressed their delight with their new heating system ...

Residents living in two Newcastle tower blocks have expressed their delight with their new heating systems after an innovative degassing project led by EQUANS completed recently. In partnership with Y ...

9 August, 2022
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Grenfell is the building industry’s Piper Alpha says CIBSE

|Date: 21 June, 2022

Grenfell is the building industry’s Piper Alpha says CIBSE

The recent passage of the Building Safety Act is a welcome recognition of the fact that making safe build ...

The recent passage of the Building Safety Act is a welcome recognition of the fact that making safe buildings is a highly skilled operation says the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineer ...

21 June, 2022
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New petition launches to action Grenfell Inquiry recommendations for PEEPs

|Date: 17 June, 2022

New petition launches to action Grenfell Inquiry recommendations for PEEPs

Disability Rights UK, Clad Dag and Grenfell United have launched a petition calling on the Government to ...

Disability Rights UK, Clad Dag and Grenfell United have launched a petition calling on the Government to implement the Grenfell Inquiry recommendation on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs). T ...

17 June, 2022
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‘No rest until every Londoner is safe in their home’

|Date: 14 June, 2022

‘No rest until every Londoner is safe in their home’

London Councils' Cllr Darren Rodwell gives a statement on five years since Grenfell fire. Cllr Darren Rod ...

London Councils' Cllr Darren Rodwell gives a statement on five years since Grenfell fire. Cllr Darren Rodwell (right), London Councils’ Executive Member for Regeneration, Housing & Planning, said: ...

14 June, 2022
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Stockbridge Village tenants see their memories, hopes and dreams come alive in atmospheric tower block light show

|Date: 10 February, 2022

Stockbridge Village tenants see their memories, hopes and dreams come alive in atmospheric tower block light show

More than 1,600 people visited Stockbridge Village on the 4th and 5th February to see the latest event in ...

More than 1,600 people visited Stockbridge Village on the 4th and 5th February to see the latest event in Knowsley’s year-long Borough of Culture programme.   Tall Tales was a stunning large-scale com ...

10 February, 2022
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EQUANS and Your Homes Newcastle kickstart groundbreaking heat pump project

|Date: 25 January, 2022

EQUANS and Your Homes Newcastle kickstart groundbreaking heat pump project

EQUANS — the new name for ENGIE’s services-led activities — has been appointed by Your Homes Newcastle (Y ...

EQUANS — the new name for ENGIE’s services-led activities — has been appointed by Your Homes Newcastle (YHN) to deliver an innovative low carbon heating project for 164 homes. Centred on the Denton Pa ...

25 January, 2022
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