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Hot off the press – Our October 2019 newsletter is out now!
The latest news, events and resources from the GHA.
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Good Homes Alliance launch new local authority network
The Good Homes Alliance (GHA) are establishing a growing network of local authorities and housing delivery organisations that have declared a climate emergency in order to support them in developing new policies and strategies to match their declarations. The Local Authority Vanguard membership builds upon the work of the GHA Vanguard Campaign, a two year campaign which aims to encourage local authorities and developers to adopt enhanced sustainability standards for new homes. A series of regional campaign events have taken place around the country to over 200 public and private-sector developers, showcasing the exemplar work of regional champions from the
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GHA supports the Global Climate Strike
You will no doubt be aware of the forthcoming Global Climate Strike taking place on September 20th 2019. Greta Thunberg, who pioneered the school strike for climate movement, has invited everyone to support the youth climate strikers and make a stand for climate justice. The Good Homes Alliance is fully supportive of this day of action and urges all of its members to take part in whichever way they can. GHA Global Climate Strike banner The Good Homes Alliance will have a presence at the Bristol Global Climate Strike which meets at College Green, Bristol, United Kingdom, BS1 5TJ, starting
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GHA member blog: GHA’s overheating risk assessment tool a welcome step forward
Rupert Kazlauciunas, Technical Product Manager, MVHR, Zehnder Group UK July 2019 On 16th July we saw the launch of the Good Homes Alliance (GHA)’s new tool to assess the risk of overheating in new homes. The tool, to be used by planners and design teams at the very early stages of project planning, allows users to calculate the level of risk of overheating, based on a number of causative and mitigating factors. Taking geography, population density, barriers to window opening and likelihood of solar gains into account, the tool enables project planners to calculate how much risk there is of
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New tool and guidance to help mitigate overheating risks in new homes
The Good Homes Alliance (GHA) is pleased to announce the launch of a new tool and accompanying guidance which aims to help planners and design teams identify and mitigate overheating risks in new homes at an early stage. The tool and guidance were formally launched at a sold-out evening event on 16th July 2019 at Winckworth Sherwood in London, which featured short talks from the project team and steering group experts. The important resources are now available to download for free from the GHA website – https://goodhomes.org.uk/overheating-in-new-homes. To assist with the use and uptake of the tool, the GHA and
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