North East Housing Association Secures £30m Retrofit Loan
Thirteen Group, a Teesside-based housing association, have secured a £30million bank loan from NatWest which will be used to deliver a retrofit programme. As part of the funding deal, NatWest have included a […]
Mayor Hails £15m Scheme to Upgrade 400 Liverpool Homes
Mayor Steve Rotheram has praised a major scheme to make hundreds of north Liverpool homes warmer and cheaper to run – while also supporting a community supermarket and a project to help young […]
Snugg Simplifies Energy Efficiency for YBS Customers
Snugg has partnered with Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) to help its customers make their homes energy efficient more simply and affordably. The partnership will enable up to three million YBS customers to access […]
Lower Bills For Hackney Tenants Through Pioneering Solar Pilot
Council estate residents in Hackney could soon see their bills slashed as a pioneering rooftop solar panel scheme offering energy discounts directly to tenants and leaseholders gets underway. In the first project of […]
Cumbria Showhome Demonstrates Importance of Retrofit
A showhome promoting sustainable technologies and and retrofit measures has been created in a small town in Cumbria. The two bedroomed social housing property is filled with technology and information to highlight the […]
Hinckley & Rugby Building Society Launch Retrogreen Initiative
Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has partnered with Digital Buildings Limited to launch a new retrofit proposition, Retrogreen, designed to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their homes. Retrofitting is a […]
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 […]