All retrofit articles – Page 2
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How retrofit impacts on procurement
How does building retrofit impact on procurement and do adequate standard form contracts exist for its delivery? Peter Hibberd explains
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Birmingham’s Ringway Centre set for wrecking ball as council considers three tower plan
Corstorphine & Wright proposals would replace brutalist landmark with blocks up to 56 storeys in height
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Retrofit is not the enemy, it’s a golden opportunity – so long as our industry can deliver
M&S’s decision to appeal against Michael Gove’s verdict over the future of their flagship store reminds us (again) how important it is that we rise to the sustainability challenge, writes Richard McWilliams Â
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Industry calls for new energy and net zero secretary to push housing retrofit
Claire Coutinho replaces Grant Shapps at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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The battle SMEs face in reducing their emissions - and proving it
What is holding back small firms that want to reduce their carbon emissions? Tom Lowe reports for the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø the Future Commission.
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M&S boss blasts Gove’s ‘utterly pathetic’ Oxford street refusal
Retailer to review its position at flagship store after nearly a century on London’s busiest shopping street
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Gove’s M&S decision: the start of a new era, or a ploy to conceal net zero backsliding?
Does the landmark decision signal a clear change in government policy, or does it just presage more uncertainty, asks Ben Flatman
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Gove’s M&S decision: how the industry reacted
Move to block rebuild of flagship Oxford Street store broadly welcomed but retail body warns it could damage the West End
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Mace backs retrofit first planning rule for non-domestic buildings
Move would enable major embodied carbon savings, says firm
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Industry retrofit initiative appoints co-directors
Two architects appointed to lead National Retrofit Hub
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Plans submitted to retrofit 1970s Camden office deemed ‘unlettable’
Scheme to upgrade block’s energy rating from lowest possible to highest
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Green light for Westminster University retrofit
ADP-designed project will refurbish and extend Marylebone Road office building as enterprise centre
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UK ‘sleepwalking’ towards retrofit crisis, says Ridge report
Firms want VAT removed from refurbishments
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If we need a retrofit war effort – where’s our army?
 The case for a skilled workforce to adapt historic buildings is there and we have no time to waste, says Grosvenor’s Tor Burrows
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Government announces winners of £1.8bn retrofit funding pot
Claims 115,000 homes across England could benefit, as well as schools and hospitals
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Features
What the government’s commercial non-domestic EPC B pledge means for real estate
Ministers want all commercial non-domestic buildings to meet EPC B by 2030. But what work might be required and how much could it cost?
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Government must incentivise private investment in retrofit, says banker group
New report urges stamp duty discounts and property-linked financing models
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Features
Why everyone’s getting excited about the new energy efficiency taskforce
Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to set up a team to drive a programme of energy efficiency improvements to the UK’s buildings, with an ambitious new target. After a series of past blunders, could it actually work this time?
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Shapps unveils £1bn in funding to insulate least energy-efficient homes
Critics unhappy that three-year government scheme will not come into effect until April 2023
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RICS urges dramatic shake-up of national policy to decarbonise built environment
Gaps in current policy make it difficult to assess progress