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Whatever happened to the Future Homes Standard?
29 Oct 2020
Whatever happened to the Future Homes Standard? If you can remember back to a time before Covid, and lockdown, and Boris at the helm, you may remember an ambitious goal set by the then Chancellor.…
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Energy Performance Certificates have changed – FAQs
23 Sep 2020
Energy Performance Certificates have changed – FAQs https://find-energy-certificate.digital.communities.gov.uk/ Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) for all buildings across England and Wales have changed; They look very different to what we’re used to. This new layout is here…
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From ecology to energy – what’s changing under the planning reform?
20 Aug 2020
Whether you’re building a tall fence or 500 new houses, getting planning permission approved can sometimes feel like a dark art. But could we be about to enter a new era for planning reform? Housing…
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Will planning reform push for greener developments?
20 Aug 2020
The world of planning was thrown into the national news this month, as the Government announced plans to completely overhaul the process from start to finish. This wasn’t an out-of-the-blue announcement… Planning reform has been…
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A-Rated EPCs and ‘near’ zero carbon targets for Welsh affordable homes
18 Aug 2020
Affordable Homes should be designed and built to be just that… homes which are affordable to live in. And this month the Welsh Government has released an ambitious vision for how affordable homes will look…
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Changes mean sprinklers required for more apartments blocks in England
12 Jun 2020
Fire safety in our apartment blocks has been high on the agenda since the tragedy of Grenfell. After three years of review, debate and inquiry, building regulations in England are about to change; and are…
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GLA – Are Ambient Loop Heating Systems the future?
19 May 2020
Are Ambient Loop Heating Systems the future? Energy targets on new developments continue to push us towards a zero-carbon standard. That, combined with the Government’s plan to phase out fossil fuel heating in new builds,…
Read MoreTough new Life Cost Targets on London’s new builds
19 May 2020
Tough new Life Cost Targets on London’s new builds Developers who work on London’s largest residential schemes already know the stringent, additional challenges they need to comply with to meet the capital’s strict carbon targets.…
Read MoreGLA proposes major shift for performance targets in London
15 May 2020
Flattening peaks, storing energy and smart automation… London talks of shifting planning policy up another gear Next year, when new building regulations change in line with the Government’s Future Homes Standard policy, we will start…
Read MoreUPDATE: Gas Boiler Ban in the UK
02 Apr 2020
In March we noticed there was a lot of interest in our previous articles we’d published around the gas boiler ban, specifically one titled Gas Boilers are going to be banned by 2025, published in…
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Energy industry leads the way towards zero carbon
10 Mar 2020
There is plenty of scepticism across the UK about whether our Government is doing enough to battle climate change. The clock is ticking on our 2050 zero carbon target and it seems that nothing is…
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What the Planning White Paper & Living With Beauty reports could mean for the industry?
13 Feb 2020
2020 is shaping up to be a real year of change for the industry. You’ll no doubt have seen how our article pages have been swamped with stories about the Future Homes Standard and proposed…
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