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Kingspan Launches Inaugural Planet Passionate Sustainability Report and Targets Net Zero Carbon Manufacturing by 2030

Friday, 23rd April 2021

Kingspan achieved its Net Zero Energy target in 2020 Next ambitious target is net zero carbon manufacturing by 2030 Additional key target to halve carbon intensity of primary raw materials by 2030 Significant progress made across the 12 ‘Planet Passionate’... View Article

What to do in the garden with an hour or less

Thursday, 22nd April 2021

When it comes to the maintenance of your garden, you would be wrong to think that every task is time consuming. Improving and transforming your outdoor space doesn’t require a lot of time, there are many small tasks you can... View Article

Newland Homes adds to development portfolio

Thursday, 22nd April 2021

Newland Homes has announced its latest acquisition; a five-acre site in Semington, Wiltshire, with detailed planning permission for 24 new homes. The development comprises a mix of four and five bedroom detached homes and three bedroom bungalows. The low density,... View Article

Government launches campaign to empower social housing residents to raise complaints and make things right

Wednesday, 21st April 2021

Social housing residents will be helped with improving their living conditions through a new Government campaign launched to raise awareness of the complaints process and the provision of straightforward advice. ‘Make Things Right’ will help residents raise complaints if they... View Article

Ground-breaking London Institute for Healthcare Engineering ‘ecosystem’ gets green light

Wednesday, 21st April 2021

Lambeth Council has granted planning permission for the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE), an initiative led by King’s School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences with the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. HLM Architects will deliver the... View Article

Net Zero targets only possible with a National Retrofit Strategy to green our homes, says FMB

Wednesday, 21st April 2021

The Prime Minister’s announcement that the UK Government will set a target of cutting carbon emissions by 78% by 2035 is welcome news in tackling climate change, but the Government must lead a campaign to green our homes to make... View Article

Former Shettleston Primary School site to be transformed

Wednesday, 21st April 2021

Shettleston Housing Association has secured detailed planning consent to transform the site of the former St Mark’s primary school into a new, family-focussed development. Following competitive tender, Paisley-based construction firm, The JR Group, has been appointed by the Association as... View Article

UK government’s commitment to carbon emissions reduction is great – but where is the plan?

Wednesday, 21st April 2021

Harriet Lamb, CEO of climate solutions charity Ashden has welcomed the the government announcement of an ambitious reduction in carbon emissions but asks “where is the plan?” and appeals to the government to “just make it happen!” “We welcome the... View Article

Architects Richard Coutts and Koen Olthuis Create a Solution for City Expansion – Floating Neighbourhoods

Wednesday, 21st April 2021

Two of the world’s leading experts on water placemaking and floating architecture have collaborated on a masterplan for Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston which will deliver a new residential neighbourhood on the water as well as a waterside public amenity.... View Article

Designer Contracts announces latest of 25 new recruits in 2021

Tuesday, 20th April 2021

The UK’s largest flooring contractor, Designer Contracts, has announced two further area manager appointments, bringing the total number of new recruits to join the business since January, to 25. Chris Hughes joins as the new area manager for the company’s... View Article

Wates Residential appointed to deliver 209 homes of Grahame Park Regeneration in Barnet

Monday, 19th April 2021

Wates Residential has been appointed by Notting Hill Genesis to build the first 209 homes and improved outdoor spaces of the next phase of the Grahame Park regeneration Wates Residential, part of leading privately-owned construction, property services and development company,... View Article

Foster + Partners’ first office building in Russia opens

Monday, 19th April 2021

The RCC Headquarters in Ekaterinburg, designed by Foster + Partners, has officially opened. The practice’s first office building in Russia, the building reimagines the conventional cellular office to set new standards in quality, comfort and flexibility. The 15-storey building’s innovative modular office units... View Article

Grimshaw Wins Shenzhen Transport Hub Competition

Monday, 19th April 2021

A design consortium led by Grimshaw, alongside Mott MacDonald, China Aviation Planning and Design Institute (AVIC CAPDI) and Beijing Urban Construction Design and Development Group (BJUCD) has been selected as the winner of an international competition for Shenzhen Airport East... View Article

First social housing Passivhaus scheme handed over in Powys

Friday, 16th April 2021

The first ever social housing scheme in Powys to reach Passivhaus standard has been completed. Pave Aways Building Contractors has handed over the seven energy efficient homes in a £1.3m development it built in Sarn, near Newtown, to Powys County... View Article

Housebuilder Gleeson Homes will bring stunning new development of 66 much-needed affordable, homes to Broughton Moor

Friday, 16th April 2021

Housebuilder Gleeson Homes has been granted planning permission to build 66 affordable, quality new homes in Broughton Moor, West Cumbria. Remediating previously coal mined land off Dearham Road, Gleeson’s new development is ideally located between the larger towns of Workington,... View Article

Historic Glasgow hotel refurbishment by HLM completes

Tuesday, 13th April 2021

Works have completed on the refurbishment of voco Grand Central, a 19th Century former Great British Railway Hotel, in the heart of Glasgow city centre. Part of the IHG Hotels & Resorts group, this is the first voco branded hotel in... View Article

Leading housing associations form pioneering partnership to tackle climate change

Monday, 12th April 2021

Five of the UK’s leading housing associations have formed a pioneering partnership to improve the energy efficiency of their 300,000 homes for more than 600,000 customers, while creating new standards for sustainability across the sector. The Greener Futures Partnership (GFP)... View Article

UNStudio designs the new JetBrains Office in Saint Petersburg – A green campus for ‘total interaction’

Monday, 12th April 2021

UNStudio has designed a new building for the St. Petersburg office of the international software development company JetBrains and has transformed their current premises into a modern immersive campus environment. With 9 offices already located in Europe, the U.S. and... View Article

1250 new homes boost for Redrow in Cheshire

Monday, 12th April 2021

Redrow’s North West division has secured land for around 1,250 new homes across two different locations in Cheshire. It includes acquisition of a 63.5-acre site in Congleton for homes, a primary school and local shops, plus completion of a series... View Article

Moisture Management in Historic Buildings

Monday, 12th April 2021

Lewis Proudfoot of Cliveden Conservation and committee member of the Building Limes Forum, discusses moisture management in historic buildings and why lime should be the default material for the repair of traditional structures The challenge of maintaining and repairing historic... View Article