Wates has been appointed to retrofit 410 homes as part of a decarbonisation initiative by UK not-for-profit housing group Orbit. The contract will see Wates deliver energy efficiency improvements to 160 homes through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund’s (SHDF) Wave 2.1 with the remaining 250 properties funded by Orbit and the Government’s ECO4 programme. The…
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The sustainability of building refurbishment and new build projects has been enhanced by new BREEAM quality standards. Pexhurst Contracts Manager Dan Beadle explains why early collaboration between architects, the client and supply chain subcontractors is essential to achieving planned environmental, social and economic impacts. Although incredibly important during retrofitting projects, where new energy efficient systems…
The Retrofit Academy has opened a tenth Training Hub in Hampshire in partnership with workforce solutions and training specialist SERT Training. As Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) and Homes Upgrade Grant (HUG) funding increases demand for retrofit talent, The Retrofit Academy Hampshire has been established to meet this demand by upskilling workforces and unlocking new…
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) will invest £1.5 million into developing skills, research, training and consultancy to support the UK construction sector reach net zero. The University will launch the Centre for Sustainable Construction and Retrofit to develop solutions, skills and support locally and nationally to enable the transition to net zero within the built environment sector. This will…
Polymer systems house REHAU welcomed building professionals to London last week for the latest in its in-person Retrofit 23 series of panel events exploring the deep retrofit of homes at scale, looking at heat networks. Titled Retrofit Meets: District Heating, the October 11th event discussed retrofitting low-carbon technologies in residential projects, including district heating and heat pumps. Taking…
A new partnership between The Retrofit Academy and the Greater South East Net Zero Hub (GSENZH) will help train and develop the workforce required to retrofit an estimated 13.9 million households in the South East of England. The partnership comes as local authorities and social housing providers in the South East region were awarded over…
The Reed Group has launches Reed Environment to support the ‘training at scale’ of a new green workforce. According to the group, the initiative will establish one of the largest networks of green skills training providers, creating a recruitment pipeline for retrofitting millions of homes which are responsible for around 20 per cent of carbon…
Wates has become one of the first members of the newly formed National Homes Decarbonisation Group (NHDG) in a move that will help accelerate the social housing retrofit challenge. The Group will work together to drive social housing retrofit at scale, with a focus on growing a compliant supply chain, seeking innovation and advising on…
In a bold move towards a greener future, a leading polymer pipework manufacturer is shining a spotlight on the critical role of material specification in the retrofitting process. Recent research has uncovered a startling fact: a staggering 20 per cent of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions emanate from buildings constructed prior to 1919, comprising a…
Improving energy efficiency could reduce carbon emissions from historic properties in the UK by an estimated five per cent every year and generate £35 billion of economic output whilst making homes warmer and cheaper to run, according to a new report commissioned by the National Trust, Peabody, Historic England, The Crown Estate and Grosvenor. The…