Manchester social housing framework specialist Procure Plus has kicked off a mammoth £1.5bn framework to drive the installation of low and zero carbon technologies across social housing stock. The four-year framework is split into 16 lots and covers everything from air and ground source heat pumps to solar panels, electric heating,

What is the Future Homes Standard? The Future Homes Standard (FHS) is the name for the next revision to Part L of the Building Regulations in England. This will be a significant change to how new homes are constructed and the main aim is to ensure new homes will have low

On a sunny Thursday not far from the leafy expanses of Richmond Park, we caught up with one of our brilliant clients, Juliet, to hear about her experience switching to renewable energy. Her charming 1960s-era home now runs on solar power and a heat pump - both steps toward a

About £5bn more spent than if rules for low-carbon new-builds had not been scrapped in 2016, ECIU thinktank finds People living in newly built homes are being hit with energy bills that are nearly £1,000 a year higher than need be because of the poor standards to which they have been

A major new report published by the National Retrofit Hub calls for urgent government action to tackle the skills shortage. With 19 million homes needing energy efficiency upgrades by 2050, the report makes the case for a coordinated national effort to build the retrofit workforce. Without it, progress on decarbonising homes