All net zero articles – Page 6
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Industry laments ‘shocking’ failure to introduce domestic retrofit programme
Critics round on government over ‘unambitious’ Heat and Buildings strategy supposed to pave the way for net zero
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Heat pump grant for homeowners centrepiece of long-awaited heat and buildings strategy
Plans for £5k grant outlined in strategy to decarbonise 30m existing homes and commercial buildings
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Cala Homes appoints heads of sustainability and MMC
L&G-owned housebuilder creates two new roles to drive sustainability and offsite ambition
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Tory MPs demand the government moves faster on low carbon homes
Rising star Bim Afolami says net zero ready homes needed urgently, even if housebuilders “scream and shout”
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Vast majority of social landlords giving greater priority to existing stock
Annual Savills survey of landlords shows focus on development stagnating as fire safety and net zero costs mount
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Auditor slams ‘unacceptable’ delivery of Green Homes Grant scheme
Abandoned £1.5bn domestic retrofit discount scheme will help less than a tenth of the homes originally targeted
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Ministers mull plan to offer £7,000 grants for heat pumps
Ministers looking at quadrupling funding for existing Clean Heats Grants scheme and extending it by a year
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Government may reboot Green Homes Grant housing retrofit scheme
Business secretary admitted the scrapped £2bn programme had been ‘problematic’
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Berkeley to issue £400m ‘green bond’
London-focused housebuilder to use the cash to invest in building low carbon homes
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Notts retrofit to pilot net-zero ‘pods’
Nottingham City Homes to use system on 170 of its houses
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Sector-wide plan to build net zero homes by 2025
Leading firms join forces with government and environmental groups to launch future homes delivery hub
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UK’s first hydrogen-fuelled demonstration homes opened
Two homes fuelled entirely by hydrogen will be showcased to public as part of government-backed project
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Ilke launches net zero modular home
Firm says it can build 1,000 a year for developers, investors and registered providers
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Homes England announces plan for new development standards
Body has drafted in the BRE and Design Council to help it draw up ’strategic framework’
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Comment
Government action on overheating is needed. Now.
The scandal of highly insulated newbuild homes that overheat in summer has been evident for years, climate advisers’ warnings can no longer be ignored
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Government must give out free heat pumps to deprived households
Open letter signed by 20 bodies calls for better incentives to drive uptake of energy-saving devices
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Government slammed for ‘notable’ failure to address dangerous overheating in homes
Major report says 570,000 homes have been built which will overheat since it first identified the issue
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In Focus
Denton’s in-tray: the big issues facing Homes England
As Peter Denton is confirmed as the new chief executive of Homes England, we republish this piece from January looking at the triple threats of market uncertainty, fire safety and net zero facing the agency
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Cala appoints analysts for eco-housing drive
New staff to devise route to meeting housebuilder’s 2030 zero carbon target
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Comment
House prices are about to get walloped by energy ratings that brand homes sub-standard
The housing sector may not be fully aware of the risks but the world of finance is already moving to reduce its exposure, says Igloo’s Chris Brown