When it comes to modern, low carbon commercial heating system design, collaboration is the name of the game according to Richard Brown, Head of Specification at Ideal Heating Commercial In its Seventh Carbon Budget, published in February 2025, the Climate... View Article

Ruth MacEachern, Product Manager at EnviroVent, looks at how effective ventilation systems can ensure good indoor air quality and the reduction of VOCs in new homes. “Research shows that new homes often have higher than recommended levels of Volatile Organic... View Article

By Steve Richmond, Sales & Marketing Director, Building Solutions at REHAU UK The UK’s transition to low-carbon heating is no longer a distant ambition, but a regulatory reality. With the Future Homes Standard due to come into effect this Autumn,... View Article

By Laurence Chownsmith, Head of UK Sales, Building Solutions, at REHAU UK As the UK’s built environment steadily progresses toward net zero, architects are increasingly being relied upon to design buildings that are not only energy-efficient and compliant with sustainability... View Article

With sustainability and energy efficiency, not to mention decarbonisation, increasingly taking priority during building design, MEP engineers and architects are coming into conflict as part of an ever-changing air quality landscape. Nowhere is this better highlighted than in the increasing... View Article

Rebecca Hogg, Technical Manager at BSRIA, examines how the rapid growth in heat pump installations is challenging designers to adopt a more holistic approach to system design. 2024 was a record-breaking year for the heat pump market. It saw nearly... View Article

As flooding events become more frequent across the UK, Ryan Lockwood, National Sales & Marketing Manager at Fernco, explores why flood resilience must be seen as an essential part of property security, much like burglary prevention, and why housing providers... View Article

Specifiers and developers will be familiar with standard hard landscaping specification factors such as materials, aesthetics and construction information. Here, Lisa Gow, Head of Specification at Tobermore, discusses what else should be considered to get the best solution for their... View Article

  Norfolk Rivers Consortium neutralises nutrient neutrality issue for local housebuilder. While no-one wants pollution, the reality of nutrient neutrality is more divisive, for some the difference between life and death, professionally speaking. And so it was for regional housebuilder... View Article

Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) is essential to delivering the UK’s high-performance homes quickly Despite several hurdles in its adoption, Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) is once again being hailed as the solution to Britain’s housing crisis. Brian Adams, Senior... View Article

Q&A with Dave Osborne, Technical Manager at Swish Building Products Working towards a net-zero future is a priority for many industries and the businesses within those sectors. A step towards this is the introduction of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). But... View Article

Dr Alex Boote, Product & Innovation Manager at ARC Building Solutions, discusses past government-funded schemes for enhancing energy efficiency across the UK housing stock and explores whether the Warm Homes Plan will be more likely to succeed. In the recent... View Article

Neil Turner, UK Technical Manager at Ecological Building Systems, looks at how suspended timber floors can be upgraded with more natural insulation to enhance the thermal performance of a home. “When a home has a suspended timber floor, very often... View Article

The presence of photovoltaic (PV) panels on a commercial flat roof not only increases fire risk but can also change the behaviour of a fire when it occurs, so it spreads faster and is harder to extinguish. Here, Ieuan Compton,... View Article

By George Emms, Specification Leader – UK & Ireland at Wilsonart   As social landlords across the UK prepare for the full implementation of Awaab’s Law in October 2025, the need for practical, scalable solutions to tackle damp and mould has... View Article

The drive to build more sustainable homes means the industry must reduce embodied carbon and construction waste. Brian Adams, Senior Director of Sales and Business Development, at Arclin examines whether the answer lies in timber frame housing and new innovations... View Article

Simon Storer, Chief Executive of Insulation Manufacturers Association With the government’s commitment to build 1.5 million ‘safe and decent’ homes during this Parliament, coupled with the relaunch of the Net Zero Council, there is a clear opportunity for the construction... View Article