Milton Keynes CHP
This case study is part of Place Spotlight, which supports local areas in successful place making by taking each of the each of the eight components of great places and provides criteria for good,...
View ArticleEnergy efficient homes save council tenants cash this winter
Around 800 families in city-centre homes in Norwich will have lower fuel bills this winter thanks to major energy efficiency project. The improvements are part of a ground-breaking partnership between...
View ArticleLocal authority action for energy efficiency in housing stock
This paper presents the findings of analysis of energy efficiency data supplied by landlords with bids for funding from the Decent Homes Standard Backlog programme administered by the Homes and...
View ArticleLower carbon homes on the way for Epsom
Work is under way on a new housing scheme in Surrey that is blazing a trail in its approach to energy efficiency. Crest Nicholson and Galliford Try (Linden Homes) have started building 452 homes on the...
View ArticleCase Study 012 - A rating system for green neighbourhoods
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View ArticleCase Study 030 - Creating energy efficiency on smaller sites
030 - Great Bow Yard, Langport, SomersetGreat Bow Yard is a mixed-use development of 12 high quality eco-homes, alongside offices and workshops on a former warehouse site on the River Parrett. The...
View ArticleDealing Green: Options for Registered Providers
The Green Deal is the Government’s energy efficiency policy designed to help reduce that total. The policy is intended to drive the take up of energy efficiency measures in 14m homes by 2020, impact...
View ArticleHigh Rise Hopes: Retrofit in Tower Blocks
This research project analyses energy efficiency measures and their social impacts on low-income areas. New government policies on climate change target low-income areas specifically, but many...
View ArticleRetrofit post ECO: A Strategic Asset Management-based Approach
With ECO funding in decline, many registered providers are wondering how they can continue to tackle fuel poverty, protect rental incomes and meet their carbon and SAP targets. This free, half-day...
View ArticleNew developments in tackling fuel poverty
Last week, HCA’s Retrofit Lead, Alison Mathias, spoke at a Public Policy Exchange seminar, ‘Warmer, Healthier, Fairer: towards a new framework for Fuel Poverty’. She shares her thoughts on the...
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