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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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Quickslide: How to prepare for the Future Homes Standard
|Date: 20 December, 2023

Quickslide: How to prepare for the Future Homes Standard
Adrian Barraclough, Chairman of Quickslide, continues his Onsite with Ade series. This month he asks: wha ...
Adrian Barraclough, Chairman of Quickslide, continues his Onsite with Ade series. This month he asks: what impact will the Future Homes Standard have on installers? Quickslide’s Ade explains all. Th ...
20 December, 2023
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Tradies top of the list for homeowners’ energy efficiency enquiries
|Date: 4 December, 2023

Tradies top of the list for homeowners’ energy efficiency enquiries
Tradespeople, builders and installers are homeowners’ most trusted source of information when it comes to ...
Tradespeople, builders and installers are homeowners’ most trusted source of information when it comes to exploring how to make their homes more energy efficient, new research shows. The findings fro ...
4 December, 2023
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Hailsham decorator signs up to pioneering Paint Green scheme
|Date: 22 November, 2023

Hailsham decorator signs up to pioneering Paint Green scheme
A painter and decorator from East Sussex has taken a pledge to help drive down waste as part of a pioneer ...
A painter and decorator from East Sussex has taken a pledge to help drive down waste as part of a pioneering initiative run by the Painting and Decorating Association (PDA). Absolute Painting and Dec ...
22 November, 2023
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Demand for renewables on the rise
|Date: 10 October, 2023

Demand for renewables on the rise
Uptake of renewable technology amongst plumbing and heating engineers has risen dramatically following gr ...
Uptake of renewable technology amongst plumbing and heating engineers has risen dramatically following growing demand from homeowners, new research shows. In fact, last month the industry body, MCS, r ...
10 October, 2023
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Jewson launches Making Better Homes Awards
|Date: 10 October, 2023

Jewson launches Making Better Homes Awards
Jewson has launched the first ever Making Better Homes Awards, to recognise those in the industry who are ...
Jewson has launched the first ever Making Better Homes Awards, to recognise those in the industry who are working hard to create energy efficient, safe and comfortable homes. It comes as the builders ...
10 October, 2023
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Hebridean housebuilder specifying SterlingOSB Zero on sustainability grounds
|Date: 5 October, 2023

Hebridean housebuilder specifying SterlingOSB Zero on sustainability grounds
Situated seven degrees west of the Greenwich Meridian, and exposed to some of the harshest weather condit ...
Situated seven degrees west of the Greenwich Meridian, and exposed to some of the harshest weather conditions anywhere in the British Isles, the Hebrides present a challenging location for building pr ...
5 October, 2023
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Welsh decorator signs up to pioneering Paint Green scheme
|Date: 27 September, 2023

Welsh decorator signs up to pioneering Paint Green scheme
A painter and decorator from South Wales has taken a pledge to help drive down waste as part of a pioneer ...
A painter and decorator from South Wales has taken a pledge to help drive down waste as part of a pioneering initiative run by the Painting and Decorating Association (PDA). Metricus Ltd, based in Ab ...
27 September, 2023
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Prolectric unveils savings calculator to help the switch to solar
|Date: 17 August, 2023

Prolectric unveils savings calculator to help the switch to solar
Prolectric, the off-grid, renewable lighting, and power specialist, has unveiled a savings calculator to ...
Prolectric, the off-grid, renewable lighting, and power specialist, has unveiled a savings calculator to help companies fast-track and achieve their environmental and sustainability objectives by maki ...
17 August, 2023
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Ideal Heating launches first UK heat pump production line as part of £60m net zero drive
|Date: 10 August, 2023

Ideal Heating launches first UK heat pump production line as part of £60m net zero drive
All images credit: ©Clay10 Ideal Heating has launched its first UK heat pump production line as part of a ...
All images credit: ©Clay10 Ideal Heating has launched its first UK heat pump production line as part of a huge investment in low carbon technologies. Ideal Heating has been manufacturing many of the c ...
10 August, 2023
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Adaptavate raises £2m to develop carbon negative materials
|Date: 9 August, 2023

Adaptavate raises £2m to develop carbon negative materials
Adaptavate has just announced another round of investment of £2m. The UK born company plans to accelerate ...
Adaptavate has just announced another round of investment of £2m. The UK born company plans to accelerate its work to develop and industrialise carbon negative construction materials at a global scale ...
9 August, 2023
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Recticel talks U-Value Calculations
|Date: 4 August, 2023

Recticel talks U-Value Calculations
Simon Blackham, Senior Technical Manager at Recticel sums up the importance of accurate U-Value calculati ...
Simon Blackham, Senior Technical Manager at Recticel sums up the importance of accurate U-Value calculations for building stakeholders: In the construction industry, energy efficiency has become a cr ...
4 August, 2023
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Actis backs Citizens Advice call to improve draughty housing
|Date: 2 August, 2023

Actis backs Citizens Advice call to improve draughty housing
Insulation specialist Actis is backing a call by Citizens Advice for urgent investment to tackle draughty ...
Insulation specialist Actis is backing a call by Citizens Advice for urgent investment to tackle draughty housing - which it says will save lives, protect health, reduce fuel poverty and help the UK a ...
2 August, 2023
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Hearing protection that leaves you grinning from ear to ear 
|Date: 1 August, 2023

Hearing protection that leaves you grinning from ear to ear 
uvex writes about its xact-fit planet and xact-fit reusable earplugs, that deliver on comfort, protection ...
uvex writes about its xact-fit planet and xact-fit reusable earplugs, that deliver on comfort, protection and sustainability.  Noise is a workplace hazard that is all too easily ignored in industries ...
1 August, 2023
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Earth Overshoot Day 2023: How our daily water use can #MoveTheDate
|Date: 26 July, 2023

Earth Overshoot Day 2023: How our daily water use can #MoveTheDate
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity's demand for natural resources surpasses what the earth ...
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity's demand for natural resources surpasses what the earth can regenerate in one year. This means we are living on credit for five whole months and deplet ...
26 July, 2023
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Alternative building methods with Saint-Gobain Abrasives
|Date: 23 July, 2023

Alternative building methods with Saint-Gobain Abrasives
Nick Bratt, National Sales Manager at Saint-Gobain Abrasives, discusses the adhesives and sealants that p ...
Nick Bratt, National Sales Manager at Saint-Gobain Abrasives, discusses the adhesives and sealants that pave the way for alternative building methods. Adhesives and sealants have come a long way in re ...
23 July, 2023
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