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Good Homes Alliance response to Climate Emergency declarations
Since its inception in 2007 the Good Homes Alliance has been promoting and supporting higher standards of sustainability in new homes. On behalf of our members we are ready to respond to Climate Emergency declarations and are able to support these calls with clear strategies for reducing environmental impact and enabling net positive outcomes. New homes and communities have a major role to play in mitigating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and improving occupant health, resource efficiency and biodiversity. They must be designed and built to the highest possible standards to reduce energy use, and provide occupants with healthy and socially
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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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Building Performance Network News
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New research “Retrofit Revisit” reveals crucial lessons for future retrofits
Source: News Archives - Building Performance Network Published on 2024-07-15
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BPN Update – June 2024
Source: News Archives - Building Performance Network Published on 2024-06-17
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BPN welcomes Elfed Lewis as Network Lead
Source: News Archives - Building Performance Network Published on 2024-01-31
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We are hiring! BPN Network Lead and GHA Business Development Associate
Source: News Archives - Building Performance Network Published on 2023-07-31
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NEW EVENT: People and their data
Source: News Archives - Building Performance Network Published on 2023-06-05