The Town and Country Planning Association warns that building regulations do not adequately address overheating and cites Passivhaus as a good example of housing that mitigates heat risks.
The report compiled by an independent working group led by the Royal Academy of Engineering sets out six key elements required in the government’s delivery plan to achieve its clean power mission
CIBSE have published a building performance evaluation of 10 retrofitted homes, carried out approximately 10 years after the original retrofit works to gather lessons
The trade association for the energy industry has published a report on the heat pump market including ten recommendations for removing barriers to low carbon heat
The Future Homes Hub has bought together 170 experts from 100 organisations to investigate the core options for building lower carbon homes at scale to inform the government’s public consultation on the Future Homes Standard
This report argues that a diversity of technologies are needed when targeting the best outcomes for the UK’s transition to net zero, tailoring policies to deploy the most favourable technologies that achieve the best results for cost effectiveness, abating carbon and enhancing health and wellbeing in buildings
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
After the Spending Review the focus needs to be on effective, efficient and quality delivery, says Stephen Sharman, director of member services at CHIC
