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Green Construction Board issues response to ‘Buildings Mission 2030’
The Green Construction Board (GCB), the sustainability workstream of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), issued its response to the ‘2030 Buildings Mission’ on Tuesday 2nd July at an event at IET Savoy Place in London. The GCB Buildings Mission Taskgroup is being led by GHA Chair Lynne Sullivan OBE with the report sponsored by GHA Leader member BRE and the new Active Building Centre in Swansea. The report places the recommendations for 2030 in the context of the longer-term objective of Net Zero Carbon buildings and asserts that new technologies and modern construction methods already enable the 2030 energy target
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GHA supports UKGBC net zero carbon framework
Good Homes Alliance is part of a task group that has inputted into a new report on net zero carbon buildings unveiled by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) at Houses of Parliament on 30th April. It follows six months of industry engagement involving over 180 experts and stakeholders from across the built environment value chain. The report includes a framework for the UK construction and property industry to transition new and existing buildings to becoming net zero carbon by 2050, in line with the ambitions of the Paris Climate Agreement. It provides an overarching framework of consistent principles and
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GHA welcomes Future Homes Standard announcement
The Future Homes Standard is the opportunity for Government and the housebuilding industry to address reducing energy demand and carbon dioxide emissions, as well as quality issues and improved health and wellbeing outcomes. “The Good Homes Alliance has been established for 12 years, so we have seen various initiatives from Government come and go, and we have every reason to believe that the Future Homes Standard will bring clarity to the journey ahead and be implemented by 2025 in a way that also encourages early adopters”, said Lynne Sullivan OBE, Chair of the Good Homes Alliance. GHA continue to work
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GHA pleased to support Housing Design Awards
Good Homes Alliance is pleased to support the UK’s longest-running housing awards, set up by government in 1948 and now in their 71st year To date there have been more than 1,000 winning schemes. The HDA archive of previous winners is the largest such resource in the world. Run as a social enterprise, the Housing Design Awards invest income into the analysis and promotion of ideas to improve and expand the country’s housing stock. Alongside awards for skill and innovation in general housing, various government departments and agencies champion special category awards, such as: Liveable higher density (With the Greater London Authority)
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Five pioneering low carbon housing projects secured for Building for 2050 research
Five pioneering low carbon housing projects have signed up to be part of the Building for 2050 research project, funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The project, launched at the Futurebuild conference in London, aims to shape future UK policy on delivering low carbon homes in England and Wales. The project will review different ways of delivering low cost, low carbon homes and monitor their performance in use. The research team will work closely with the case study teams to understand the designs and any issues encountered and they will engage with residents to capture
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