Report, Research project
State of the Nation: Domestic Buildings
The Good Homes Alliance has been collaborating with the Building Performance Network on the 'State of the Nation: Domestic Buildings' research project. The research has been undertaken by Prof Rajat Gupta and the Low Carbon Buildings Research Group at GHA member Oxford Brookes University.
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Presentation
GHA 2019 Conference: Delivering Net Zero and Future Homes
Speaker presentations from our 2019 Conference.
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Guidance
Guide to sustainable development in community led housing
This guidance, authored by architect Jon Broome for Community Led Homes, summarises the benefits of sustainability in community led housing and provides tips and tricks on getting support for sustainability matters at each stage of your project.
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Guidance
Overheating in New Homes – Tool and Guidance
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.
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Case study
VELUX CarbonLight Homes
Completed in 2011, the state-of-the-art CarbonLight Homes in Kettering, Northamptonshire, were the first homes designed and built to meet the UK government’s Zero Carbon Standard for Homes.
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Report
Buildings Mission 2030: GCB Recommendations
The Green Construction Board (GCB)'s response to the ‘2030 Buildings Mission’. 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.
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Guidance, Policy
Net Zero Carbon Buildings: A Framework Definition
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 2019. It follows six months of industry engagement involving over 180 experts and stakeholders from across the built environment value chain.
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Case study, Research project
Building for 2050 case studies
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). GHA is a supporter of the project, which launched at the Futurebuild conference in London in March 2019, which aims to shape future UK policy on delivering low carbon homes in England and Wales.
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Discussion notes
Discussion Notes – GHA 2019 Policy Workshop
GHA held a policy workshop entitled ‘Tomorrow’s Housing: Are Current Regulations Fit for Purpose?’ on Thursday 24th January at Winckworth Sherwood, London. The event included three roundtable workshop discussions facilitated by the GHA and a number of expert speakers.
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