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Sustainable Social Housing Best Practice - New Build 1 Greenoak Housing

3 June 2010

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    A pilot scheme to demonstrate how energy-efficient design will play a role in social housing for the future has opened its doors in Glasgow with protection from Glidevale.

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    30/09/2011

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  • Prefabulous

    09/09/2011

    Prefab homes have suffered from a negative image but the latest designs are energy efficient and affordable, making them a much more attractive option. Nick Duxbury reports

  • Ashford Council houses

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    8 June 2011

    Innovative ventilation technology from Passivent is helping one social housing provider refurbish its homes to achieve a 70+% reduction in energy consumption.

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  • Foreign intervention

    09/03/2012

    The threat of climate change may not be a big enough priority in most countries, but going green can help to tackle other, more pressing, socio-economic problems, as demonstrated by a retrofit project in South Africa, says Jane Henley

  • Hit for six

    04/11/2011

    A 91-home Yorkshire development might mark the peak of sustainable house building. Martin Hilditch finds out why

  • Green guru

    04/11/2011

    The delivery of sustainable homes is a global problem and providers in the UK can learn a lot from their counterparts around the world, says Neil Jefferson

  • Window of opportunity

    03/02/2012

    Last month’s court ruling means landlords may have a few weeks to claim the pre-cut feed-in tariff rate, says Rob Beiley, partner at Trowers & Hamlins

  • Cheaper by the Durkan

    09/03/2012

    The contractor charged with giving an east London estate a facelift also threw in comprehensive energy retrofitting - at no extra cost. Jess McCabe finds out more

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