Procurement frameworks are often seen as back-office tools, but when designed with resident wellbeing in mind they become vital levers for delivering safer and warmer homes, says Rory Evans, regional director at LHC
Being a housing provider is not easy in 2025. There are many issues that can keep you awake at night. As a regulated sector there is even more pressure and scrutiny (quite rightly) to provide consistently good service outcomes for residents, creating safe and healthy living environments for all.
City of Edinburgh Council has awarded a four-year contract to Harmony Fire to deliver fire safety improvements across 30 multi-storey residential buildings in the city centre.
We have a generational opportunity to make a real difference in our relationship with nature and the planet. To have a positive impact on climate change. We need to grab the opportunity, and the sooner the better.
Buildings are a significant source of energy consumption and the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. Building materials that ensure energy efficient buildings and help to reduce the life-cycle emissions of buildings are well-positioned for long-term growth. H+H’s products qualify for this.
Delivering Net Zero in housing is the biggest challenge that the sector has ever faced. And it won’t happen without a level of collaboration that recognises the scale of the task.
To unlock netzero for our sector we need to face up to the complexity of the challenge, in the knowledge that in tackling decarbonisation we can, and must, also address affordability.
Procurement frameworks are often seen as back-office tools, but when designed with resident wellbeing in mind they become vital levers for delivering safer and warmer homes, says Rory Evans, regional director at LHC
Unlock Net Zero Live brings the UK housing and built environment sectors together to push forward bold conversations and practical solutions to decarbonise our homes and places at both pace and scale