£10 Billion Investment Required to Retrofit Energy Inefficient Homes
The UK government will be required to commit £10 billion to achieve energy efficiency targets, the Specialist Interest Group of Municipal Authorities warns. SIGOMA, one of the largest interest groups within the […]
Gort Scott Secures Planning Permission for Major Refurbishment
Retrofitting older buildings is one of the hardest challenges facing the housing sector. If done successfully, it creates new benchmarks and provides new learnings for others to follow. With this in mind, Housing […]
Funding to Introduce Fabric First Measures to Houses in Devon
North Devon Homes is to improve the energy efficiency of its homes after securing £1.5 million match funding for the work following a successful funding bid by the South West Net Zero Hub. […]
Housing Maintenance Contracts Top of Norwich City Council’s Agenda
Retrofit and new build housing ordinarily dominate the news and agenda for associations and authorities across the UK to focus its improvements. Despite this, it is essential that associations continue to fund the […]
L&Q Announce Contractors for 15 Year £3bn Upgrade Framework
Committing to the future delivery of projects spanning 15 years, L&Q have recently announced the ten winning contractors selected to carry out work to improve social landlord’s homes across the UK. Housing Industry […]
How is Greater Manchester Tackling the Green Skills Gap?
Greater Manchester has launched new training courses in retrofitting domestic properties with modern, energy-efficient, and low-carbon technology as part of the Skills for Growth programme. Housing Industry Leaders looks at how this can […]
Garage Block to be Converted into Energy Efficient Housing
Work is underway on a Winchester City Council scheme to convert a former garage block into six affordable and energy-efficient new homes. Housing Industry Leaders explores how councils can use retrofitting to provide […]
Retrofitting Historic Buildings Could Generate £35bn Economic Output
A recent report has revealed that improving the energy efficiency of historic properties could reduce carbon emissions from the UK’s buildings by an estimated five per cent each year and generate £35 billion […]
This Partnership Will use the World’s First Pure Commercial Hydrogen Boiler
After a partnership to use the world’s first pure commercial hydrogen boiler to deliver innovative hydrogen storage technology was agreed upon, Housing Industry Leaders highlights what this could mean for the retrofit programmes […]