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266% pay rise – what the average Londoner needs to buy a home

 

Figures from the National Housing Federation’s Home Truths report reveal that the average London home now costs £526,000 - 16 times the…

Ultra Quiet Ecodan takes heat pumps to the next level

 

The social housing sector has been amongst the first to really embrace renewable heating in a drive to combat fuel poverty and bring down…

Rethinking retrofit: transforming empty houses into homes

 

What is retrofitting, exactly?
For the purposes of this article, I’m referring to ‘Retrofitting’ as the refurbishment of…

Make warm homes a national priority

 

Nobody was spared from feeling the chill last month as the polar vortex nicknamed "Beast From The East" spiralled in from the arctic,…

Façade experts team up to launch free advice surgery

Three of Europe’s leading façade companies are teaming up to launch a free advice clinic this week.

AluK will be joined by…

Awards are great but there’s more to it than recognition

 

Setting up a dedicated free website to provide highly topical and useful information to all comers isn’t the usual approach from a heat pump…

A bright New Year for Social Housing

 

As we start the year, renewable heating specialist Russell Dean from Mitsubishi Electric looks back at some of the major issues and topics…

Is the golden age of gas and oil coming to an end?

 

Donald Daw looks at whether the world is finally relinquishing its grip on carbon intensive fuel.

The news currently seems full…

The politics of housing

 

As I write, the political party conference season is in full swing; a time famed for promising proposals and heated debates. As party…

Modern methods with a touch of the traditional

 

There is no doubt that the need to build more houses has become one of the key issues for all political parties and it is great news to see both…

The Future of Heat

 

Significant changes to Building Regulations are likely to take place in 2018 to raise domestic boiler installation efficiency. How can you stay…

Offsite construction will play key role in ending housing crisis

 

According to the housing white paper published earlier this year, the Government intends to utilise offsite technologies and build around 100,…