As the global community continues to grapple with the urgent need to address environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, standards and frameworks for sustainability reporting have become essential tools for businesses, investors, and regulators alike. The...
This SHIFT roundtable session took place on the 15th March 2022 and included social landlords representing tens of thousands of UK homes. The summary focuses primarily on points raised during the roundtable discussion. A more comprehensive guide to decarbonisation can...
We’ve had excellent feedback from our webinars which are helping our SHIFT clients make environmental improvements. They are also great for connecting with peers. We will be running more sessions over the coming months to help social landlords make even more...
At last, building regulations have been updated with the intention of reducing overheating in residential buildings [1]. There is now a different approach to the previous methodology which used historic summer temperatures instead of projected summer temperatures and...
It’s great to have a strategic knowledge of how to get a sustainable housing stock. At SHIFT we’re also keen to keep up to date with the practical side of retrofit. How big is a heat pump? Where does the ducting on MVHR go? How thick is internal wall insulation?...
Many social landlords and other building owners are carrying out or planning energy efficiency improvement work to their housing and building stock. It’s one thing to make the improvements, but it’s another to ensure that they actually reduce environmental impacts....
Building new homes to EPC A rating is an approach we champion at SHIFT and with 25% of our landlords having already built to this standard, the demand for a roundtable to share advice and experiences was high! Across two sessions, 18 social housing providers managing...
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) published an “over and above” cost for energy efficient new build of £4,800 [1]. However, many building professionals we speak to cannot replicate this figure when they are planning an EPC A new build. We took a closer look at...
Following on from our blog on the New Homes Ombudsman, Paul Surin [1], IBM’s Global Lead on the Built Environment and BIM, shared his experience of very poor quality new build. He thought he was moving into a highly energy efficient performing home, but after moving...
