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Statistics released by the Office for National Statistics today reveal that excess winter deaths were up 29% last year, with the UK experiencing a greater rate than other many other European countries – even those with much colder climates. Yet,...
Some back of the envelope calculations to work out the scale of the problem…just over 21% of our 22million dwellings were built before 1919. Obviously quite few houses up until around 1930 also had sash windows, but then quite a...
For the last two and a half years, Parity Projects has been leading on a collaborative initiative to develop RetrofitWorks: The Good Buildings Cooperative. RetrofitWorks is an innovative multi-stakeholder cooperative designed from the ground-up to offer a reliable and high...
While we usually advise a lead-in time of around 1-2 weeks between signing up for our Home Energy Masterplan service and receiving a visit from one of our expert surveyors, we do strive to accommodate clients whenever possible. Still, it...
Re-Energising the Green Agenda is a report produced by the Commission of Inquiry into Sustainable Construction and the Green Deal. This page provides a brief outline of that report.
This week we’ve been in Scotland training up some Energy Assessors to carry out our Home Energy Masterplan surveys, meaning that we can extend our coverage area further. We also managed to tie this in with an actual Masterplan survey...
Back in July, our Commercial Director, Chris Newman, and his wife, welcomed Ian and Marcie and the production crew of Britain's Empty Homes to the home - our demonstration house in Peckham South East London. The progamme is on BB1...