PROJECTS & INNOVATION

We need to learn from doing. Read about practical developments and innovation that is moving the decarbonisation of homes and buildings forward.

Contractor and CIH president call for national retrofit skills strategy

The president of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and a large contractor have called for a national skills strategy to scale up retrofit.

Consortium secures more than £1.4 million in funding to retrofit 300 homes

Silva Homes part of the Abri Group and the Society of St James has secured the funding under Wave 2.2 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

Homes for Net Zero research programme launched

Homes for Net Zero is a research programme to identify options for homeowners to decarbonise their homes by testing practical solutions funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and delivered by the Energy Systems Catapult, E.ON, University College London and Oxford University

Built Environment Editorial Board Content Education/Training/Knowledge Research Net Zero

Transformer delivery marks Canada Water Masterplan milestone

The Canada Water Masterplan in London will create a workspace for 20,000 workers, 3,000 new net zero homes and one million square feet of retail and leisure space

Built Environment Editorial Board Content Energy/Environment Infrastructure Net Zero

£18 million electric resiliency boost in North London

UK Power Networks have invested in North London to boost capacity to meet increased demand for low carbon technologies whilst also working to protect local green spaces

Editorial Board Content Energy/Environment Infrastructure London

The Greener Futures Partnership Decarbonisation Delivery framework

The framework has been designed to enable organisations big and small to deliver a full range of retrofit works

Accommodation provider Built Environment Editorial Board Content Net Zero

Northumberland County Council solar car port launched

The solar car port array includes a canopy made from photovoltaic panels designed and built by UK Power Networks Services

Built Environment Editorial Board Content Energy/Environment North East

West Yorkshire Combined Authority - helping to address fuel poverty and become carbon neutral by 2038

The Energy Saving Trust has worked with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to help create a pipeline of projects to help inform the combined authority and its constituent councils in their retrofit approach between 2022 and 2026

Built Environment Charity/third sector Editorial Board Content Net Zero Yorkshire and the Humber