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Rethinking repairs and maintenance in social housing
During my decades working in the sector, I have always been clear that the first duty of social housing providers should be to ensure that residents live in homes that are safe, comfortable and in good repair. Landlords have arguably never been under more scrutiny to ensure that their repairs ...
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Kensa Shoebox takes root at the Science Museum
British-made heat pump joins over seven million historic and significant items collected and documented by the Science Museum Group since 1851
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High-rise living with Pyroguard
Building Design takes a look at the Deanston Wharf Development and speaks to Andy Lake regarding considerations needed when specifying glass for winter gardens on high-rise residential buildings
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Retrofit 24 launches at the Building Centre in London
The exhibition and series of talks aim to demonstrate how energy efficiency can be improved across all sectors through case studies of project successes
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Housing delivery in Bristol: A conversation with Cllr Tom Renhard, Bristol City Council
The cabinet member for housing delivery & homelessness, Bristol City Council spoke to Jordan Marshall about housing priorities in the city
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Pilot line commissioned for low-carbon plasterboard
Bio-based alternative saves approximately 4 kg of CO2 per square metre
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As the cold snap bites, it’s time to get serious about how we heat our homes
After EDF Energy’s Economy 7 tariff customers were left wondering how they would heat their homes this winter when the supplier almost doubled the price of its nighttime rate, Tamsin Lishman shares why we need to get serious about the way we heat our homes
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Evacuation Systems installed in Merseyside
Advanced has supplied its EvacGo evacuation alert system to three social housing tower blocks in Halewood, Merseyside
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Natural slate: A solution to the issue of embodied carbon
Embodied carbon represents the impact associated with extracting raw materials, manufacturing building components, transporting them to site and installing them. This also includes end-of-life emissions generated from the disposal or recycling of materials. The University of Bath evaluated the carbon impact of different roofing materials as part of its Inventory ...
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The Radiator Company’s heating and cooling solution
The Relax Hybrid’s technology offers flexibility, using both radiant heat and fan coil-assisted technology to reach and maintain the ideal temperature
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How compliance with the new products code will be verified
The CPI has been set up to verify manufacturers’ compliance with the Code for Construction Products Information. Chief executive Amanda Long explains how she intends to scale up its activity
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Social housing and the route to decarbonisation
As social housing providers tackle the challenge of decarbonising heat in their housing stock, understanding the opportunities and potential pathways will make the process simpler. Lee Caulfield discusses the advantages of taking a phased approach to net zero
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How do we create sustainable bathrooms?
Lecico Bathrooms joined Bathroom Manufacturers Association and Byggfakta to discuss the issue of water scarcity in the UK and explore what manufacturers and consumers can be doing to help
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Retrofit 23: The Product Edit
The Retrofit 23 exhibition, which launched at the Building Centre in London, has been exploring the factors necessary to achieve an accelerated delivery of domestic retrofitting at different scales. The exhibition features a range of products focused on improving the performance of a home — bringing economic, social and environmental ...
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Extended Q+A: Unpacking building services specification
Wayne Early covers some unanswered questions from our Housing Today Live session on unpacking building services specification
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The Net Zero Future of Bricks
Brick is not only one of the most attractive of building materials, it is also one of the most sustainable. It is a natural, quality and maintenance-friendly product which is durable during all phases of its life cycle – from its construction phase with the use of raw materials through ...
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Leeds’ low carbon neighbourhood provides new homes
The £800m project on the banks of the River Aire utilises air tightness, tripe glazing, MVHR and air source heat pumps to create homes that will be powered by 100% renewable energy
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BEAMA lays out framework to guide the Future Homes Standard
The association’s report offers advise to government and industry on the future of HVAC technologies, including key recommendations to make the transition to net zero a success