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London’s housing faces huge challenges, from the health risks of damp and mould to the urgency of retrofit to meet Net Zero. We need to deploy resources efficiently, which relies on having the right data at your fingertips with smart...
The Construction Leadership Council is currently consulting on the need for a National Retrofit Strategy. Homes use 35% of all energy in the UK and emit 20% of the carbon dioxide emissions. The decarbonisation of heat will undoubtedly help, but retrofit remains...
Today, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) published their latest progress report to Parliament. Parity Projects are delighted to see the focus on retrofit and the recognition that “the major challenge of widespread building renovation and retrofit to increase building heat efficiency has been largely unaddressed”. ...
The Home Front in the Climate Emergency This week Parliament has declared a Climate Emergency, the Committee on Climate Change has reassessed the UK’s carbon targets down to net zero, and Greenpeace has recommended that all UK buildings are zero...
Today’s report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) finds that today’s homes are unfit for the challenges of the 21st century. It could not be clearer: We cannot meet our climate objectives without a major improvement in UK housing. We will...
Rather appropriately on Cold Homes Week ministers have been told that reducing the number of cold, leaky houses in the UK should be made a national infrastructure priority. It seems there is now widespread, cross-party support for this. While this...
With the amount of organisations out there offering ‘energy audits’ or ‘energy assessments’ these days, particularly since the demise of the Government’s Green Deal scheme, it can be difficult to know where to start looking if you’re a homeowner. While...