retrofit Archives - Professional Builder

New Ashurst colourway for Marley’s Acme Single Camber clay plain tile range
|Date: 24 February, 2025

New Ashurst colourway for Marley’s Acme Single Camber clay plain tile range
Marley has further extended the portfolio of colour options for its popular Acme Single Camber clay plain ...
Marley has further extended the portfolio of colour options for its popular Acme Single Camber clay plain tile range. Founded on the warmth and character of clay, the all-new Ashurst clay plain tile a ...
24 February, 2025
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Panorama Highlights the Urgent Need for Quality Retrofit Work Amid Government’s £6.6 Billion ‘Warm Homes’ Plan
|Date: 14 February, 2025

Panorama Highlights the Urgent Need for Quality Retrofit Work Amid Government’s £6.6 Billion ‘Warm Homes’ Plan
The UK government has recently reaffirmed its commitment to making homes warmer and safer by pledging £6. ...
The UK government has recently reaffirmed its commitment to making homes warmer and safer by pledging £6.6 billion to its ‘Warm Homes’ plan. This ambitious initiative aims to retrofit five million hom ...
14 February, 2025
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What is Measured Energy Performance?
|Date: 12 February, 2025

What is Measured Energy Performance?
PB’s Edward Kelly talks to Dr. Richard Jack, technical director of Build Test Solutions, to learn all abo ...
PB’s Edward Kelly talks to Dr. Richard Jack, technical director of Build Test Solutions, to learn all about Measured Energy Performance and why this will be a key consideration in housebuilding and re ...
12 February, 2025
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The guide to efficient, comfortable and quality homes
|Date: 5 February, 2025

The guide to efficient, comfortable and quality homes
Andrew Miele, Senior Application Engineer for offsite solutions at Baxi, looks at how different areas of ...
Andrew Miele, Senior Application Engineer for offsite solutions at Baxi, looks at how different areas of the new-build and refurb housing sector can best collaborate to deliver efficient, comfortable ...
5 February, 2025
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Winter Fuel cuts require urgent drive for home energy improvements, says FMB
|Date: 16 September, 2024

Winter Fuel cuts require urgent drive for home energy improvements, says FMB
The recent parliamentary debate on the Winter Fuel Allowance demonstrates the urgency of a nationwide ret ...
The recent parliamentary debate on the Winter Fuel Allowance demonstrates the urgency of a nationwide retrofitting programme to upgrade the energy efficiency of UK homes, according to the Federation o ...
16 September, 2024
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Heating and plumbing installers and the road to net-zero
|Date: 19 April, 2024

Heating and plumbing installers and the road to net-zero
As the UK progresses on the road to net-zero, RWC’s Richard Bateman, Product Marketing Manager for Plumbi ...
As the UK progresses on the road to net-zero, RWC’s Richard Bateman, Product Marketing Manager for Plumbing and Heating, explores the importance of retrofit and renovation – and why heating and plumbi ...
19 April, 2024
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Retrofit ready solutions from Building Superstore
|Date: 16 April, 2024

Retrofit ready solutions from Building Superstore
Online builders’ merchant Building Superstore, part of CMO Group plc, is seeing more multi-product orders ...
Online builders’ merchant Building Superstore, part of CMO Group plc, is seeing more multi-product orders than ever before as contractors take on varied retrofit jobs to help improve the energy-effici ...
16 April, 2024
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Award winners lead the way at inaugural National Retrofit Conference
|Date: 9 April, 2024

Award winners lead the way at inaugural National Retrofit Conference
© National Retrofit Council The National Retrofit Conference highlighted the pressing need for a skilled ...
© National Retrofit Council The National Retrofit Conference highlighted the pressing need for a skilled workforce. The pressing need for a skilled retrofit workforce was once again the topic of much ...
9 April, 2024
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Free retrofit training course launched set to unlock retrofit career paths
|Date: 5 February, 2024

Free retrofit training course launched set to unlock retrofit career paths
Building engineers and construction professionals can now access a free course from the UK’s leading retr ...
Building engineers and construction professionals can now access a free course from the UK’s leading retrofit knowledge and skills provider to kickstart their career in retrofit. The new online cours ...
5 February, 2024
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Upfront costs biggest barrier to green home improvements
|Date: 28 December, 2023

Upfront costs biggest barrier to green home improvements
Lloyds Banking Group has released the first Housing Stocktake 2023 report sharing insights on the stallin ...
Lloyds Banking Group has released the first Housing Stocktake 2023 report sharing insights on the stalling efforts to decarbonise the UK’s housing stock. In the UK, homes are one of the highest emitti ...
28 December, 2023
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Lime Green and RetrofitWorks champion sustainable building practices
|Date: 3 February, 2022

Lime Green and RetrofitWorks champion sustainable building practices
Lime Green and RetrofitWorks have come together to champion sustainable building practices. “Low carbon, ...
Lime Green and RetrofitWorks have come together to champion sustainable building practices. “Low carbon, healthy and sustainable solutions are really important for all of our retrofit measures,” says ...
3 February, 2022
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What the National Retrofit Strategy means for builders
|Date: 3 March, 2021

What the National Retrofit Strategy means for builders
What is the National Retrofit Strategy and what does it mean for builders? Professional Builder reports. ...
What is the National Retrofit Strategy and what does it mean for builders? Professional Builder reports. Without a long-term plan, the Construction Leadership Council stresses that the UK cannot meet ...
3 March, 2021
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Safeguard discusses the retrofit campaign
|Date: 12 November, 2020

Safeguard discusses the retrofit campaign
Don’t destine retrofit to fail, urges Hudson Lambert, director of Safeguard. The Government’s green retro ...
Don’t destine retrofit to fail, urges Hudson Lambert, director of Safeguard. The Government’s green retrofit campaign – driven by its Net Zero Carbon target and embodied by PAS 2035 – will be time and ...
12 November, 2020
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Should the government kickstart a retrofit insulation boom?
|Date: 2 January, 2020

Should the government kickstart a retrofit insulation boom?
The latest research from AMA suggests there are 7.75 million solid wall dwellings in Britain that do not ...
The latest research from AMA suggests there are 7.75 million solid wall dwellings in Britain that do not have insulation. The building insulation market grew by 3 per cent in 2018. This is as a result ...
2 January, 2020
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John Guest: All Under Control
|Date: 21 August, 2018

John Guest: All Under Control
Toby Howard-Willis, Technical Engineer at JG Speedfit, explores some of the key considerations surroundin ...
Toby Howard-Willis, Technical Engineer at JG Speedfit, explores some of the key considerations surrounding smart heating controls when developing retrofit and new build projects. Whether retrofit or n ...
21 August, 2018
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