Archived News

Back to Latest News


Friday, January 29, 2016 Passivhaus Bitesize Training
Thursday, January 28, 2016 Zero Carbon Building Conference - Deadline for Extracts What happens when there is no global plan? One of the outcomes of the Paris COP21 conference is that a global agreement on achieving zero emissions needs to happen as ‘soon as possible’ and the need to have a ‘net zero emissions’ during the second half of the century is essential. However, there is no global plan about how this will actually be done, and national policies, including that of the UK, are still to be aligned with these challenging objectives.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 The Green Register - Spring Events Retrofitting Traditional Buildings: Principles and Practice This popular one-day technical training course covers emerging research, best practice and case studies in the field of upgrading traditional and historic buildings, with trainer Nick Heath. London’s February date is already sold out and places are filling fast in other locations: Bristol – 3 March 2016
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 Assessing the potential for overheating in homes Assessing the potential for overheating in homes Why does overheating in homes happen? And how can the construction and energy efficiency sector help to prevent it becoming more commonplace in the coming decades as the climate changes? These may seem like odd questions to ask on a cold, January day, but the housebuilding industry was invited to answer such questions in a survey carried out by the Zero Carbon Hub and Sustainable Homes in 2014..
Monday, January 11, 2016 ....
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Is the UK energy policy out of step with the rest of the world? By Prof Lubo Jankovic Considering that domestic policies do not appear to be in line with the commitments agreed at the COP21 climate change conference, is the UK energy policy out of step with the rest of the world?