All energy efficiency articles
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In FocusFrom Denby Dale to the Colne Valley: Passivhaus pioneers revisit the standard 16 years on
The team behind the UK’s first cavity wall Passivhaus are now building a terrace of three Passivhaus Plus homes in West Yorkshire. Bill Butcher and Chris Herring of 21 Degrees share what has changed - and what they wish they’d known first time around
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CommentHow do we translate the £15bn Warm Homes Plan into delivery and meaningful change for families?
Dan Germann argues collaboration and sector-wide sharing of knowledge is crucial to success to ensuring the government’s flagship retrofit plan delivers
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In FocusMaking Senze: How sophisticated energy monitoring can cut social housing retrofit costs by 75%
Technology firm Senze has shown live home monitoring can cut retrofit costs by targeting improvements more accurately than flawed EPC assessments, raising questions over the government’s fabric-first funding model for social housing decarbonisation, Thomas Lane reports
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NewsCIH Housing Brighton 2026: New energy efficiency standards could have ‘detrimental impact’ on other areas, warns Peabody
Building safety regulation and leaseholder issues may be put under pressure by EPC works
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NewsGovernment announces £100m increase to social housing retrofit fund
CIH welcomes move to accelerate warm homes plan
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CommentCan the Future Homes and Buildings Standard deliver on its promise?
The homes element of just launched new energy regulations promises big savings on bills. It’s a pity that the benefits will come too late to help with the impact of the current energy crisis, writes Thomas Lane
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NewsNew homes must be built with on-site renewable energy generation and heat pumps from 2028, government announces
Future Homes and Buildings Standard will come into force from March 2027, but with an 12-month transition period
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NewsSocial landlords operating heat networks now subject to greater regulation
NHF and CIH urge providers to make sure they understand new Ofgem requirements
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CommentForget Trump and the anti-green rhetoric, housebuilders must double down on net zero
Now is not the time for turning on energy efficiency, writes David Thomas
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NewsNorthern Ireland Housing Executive adopts sustainability standard
84,000-home landlord latest to sign up to standard which includes 48 ESG measures
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CommentWe must ensure the private sector can recoup upfront investment in retrofit
Decarbonisation requires a step change to meet government targets, write Mark Greatholder and Aliki Zeri
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NewsSolar panels to be required on nearly all new homes, Miliband confirms
Government will only allow ‘rare exceptions’ to requirements set to be included in Future Homes Standard
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NewsWarmer homes could save NHS £85m a year, says CIH
The membership body is calling on the government to invest £5bn in retrofitting as part of its Spending Review
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NewsTenants could pay more rent for green homes to generate development funds, Housing Forum director tells Housing Brighton event
Higher rent payments would be offset be lower energy bills
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NewsMidland Heart sets out £300m plan to improve 6,000 ‘most challenging’ homes
35,000-home landlord’s corporate plan also pledges 2,250 new homes over the next five years
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NewsPrivate landlords required to bring homes up to EPC ‘C’ by 2030, government proposes
British Property Federation raises concern about timetable
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News853-bed student housing development becomes UK’s largest passivhaus scheme
Four-block scheme given accreditation folllowing air tightness tests
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NewsConcern at software failure as government delays green homes consultation
Housebuilders worried that glitch in Future Homes Standard software will mar roll-out of energy efficiency standard
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NewsContractors appointed for £3.2bn social housing maintenance scheme
85% of the contractors selected are small and medium enterprises