8 out of 10 Homeowners Still Using Gas, While 73% Unaware of Low-carbon Alternatives
UK consumers still overwhelmingly rely on carbon-intensive home heating systems, and 79% use a gas boiler. Just 4% of homeowners use an air-source heat pump in their homes, and 73% don’t know enough […]
Futurebuild Launches its Big Retrofit Challenge
Futurebuild, in partnership with Innovate UK and the National Home Decarbonisation Group (NHDG) has launched its Big Retrofit Challenge, a bold new competition aimed at unearthing game-changing solutions in home decarbonisation. The Big […]
SHS to Revitalise Pioneering Development with Green Loan
Sutton Housing Society (SHS) is to upgrade and extend its first purpose-built development, thanks to support from CAF Bank. Securing an £8 million loan facility, Sutton Housing Society will add 19 additional self-contained […]
NWF and Banks to Deliver £1bn for Social Housing Retrofit
The NWF has announced financial guarantees that will see Barclays UK Corporate Bank and Lloyds Banking Group deliver £1 billion of funding to accelerate the retrofit of social housing in the UK. Barclays […]
Equans to Deliver Green Upgrades to Scunthorpe Social Housing
Equans will soon start work on a multi-million-pound project, on behalf of social housing provider Ongo Homes, which will drastically reduce carbon emissions and tackle fuel poverty for homes in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. […]
University of Strathclyde to Accelerate Net Zero Buildings for Cities
The University of Strathclyde is a partner in a new initiative to significantly reduce carbon emissions from high density housing in UK cities and towns. The transformational Centre for Net-Zero High Density Buildings […]
PFP Thrive: New Trade Skills Movement To Address Shortages
The UK’s leading social enterprise Places for People has launched a new training movement and delivery programme seeking to tackle the UK’s trade skills crisis and boost the future workforce of the housing […]
Home Hero: Private Homeowners to Benefit from Retrofit Initiative
Energy efficiency improvements are more easily accessible to households following the launch of a brand-new homeowner and landlord retrofit initiative, Home Hero, which is a consumer brand belonging to principal retrofit contractor Sustainable Building Services […]
5,000 Tonnes of Building Materials Recycled in Renovation Project
More than 5,000 tonnes of materials from a former school are being saved and reused as part of a scheme by Linc Cymru, a housing association and care provider based in South Wales. […]