Social housing tenants could be left in fuel poverty unless the government’s Green Deal is expanded, a report has suggested. The New Local Government Network published a report today suggesting the flagship programme will be in danger of failing to … Continue reading →

A third of new housing schemes funded by the government were granted waivers from national sustainability standards. The Homes and Communities Agency granted exemptions from meeting level three of the code for sustainable homes to 3,606 schemes out of the … Continue reading →

WINNER Willmott Dixon QUICK ECO-CREDENTIALS The firm is well on the way to achieving its target of zero waste to landfill by 2012 and building only zero carbon homes. By 2009 it had exceeded its goal of diverting 85 per … Continue reading →

With 7 million homes to be refurbished by 2020, it has to be done right. Nick Duxbury investigates a standard being developed by BRE specifically for retrofitting. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a social landlord with green aspirations … Continue reading →