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  • Saniflo and Kinedo combo revitalises cricket club facilities

    |Date: 24 April, 2025
    Saniflo and Kinedo combo revitalises cricket club facilities

    Saniflo and Kinedo combo revitalises cricket club facilities

    The Kinedo Eden quadrant shower cubicle and the Sanifloor shower pump have helped inject new life into a ...

    The Kinedo Eden quadrant shower cubicle and the Sanifloor shower pump have helped inject new life into a bastion of quintessential English heritage in East Staffordshire. Uttoxeter Cricket Club, nestl ...

    24 April, 2025
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  • How to eliminate thermal bridging

    |Date: 17 April, 2025
    How to eliminate thermal bridging

    How to eliminate thermal bridging

    Dr Alex Boote, Product & Innovation Manager at ARC Building Solutions, discusses the importance of el ...

    Dr Alex Boote, Product & Innovation Manager at ARC Building Solutions, discusses the importance of eliminating thermal bridging in housing stock. Mould and damp – a consequence of thermal bridging ...

    17 April, 2025
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  • 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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 

    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 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 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

    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?

    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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