Towards Better Sustainable Housing Practices
Posted on January 5th, 2012
If you need to educate yourself on sustainable housing practices, one of the better options is to get hold of the book “Sustainable Housing: Principles and Practice“. The publication comes to you from experts, giving you new perspectives on sustainability by employing case studies.
Another related resource is Sustainable Construction, which means to be a reference point for anyone who is looking for further information on sustainable building and refurbishment methods.
Here are some events from which you will greatly benefit, if you work in the energy efficiency / sustainable housing sector.
8 February 2012, at the Emirates Stadium, London - Whole House Refurbishment – Getting More for Less Seminar
12 to 14 June 2012 at the Manchester Central – The Chartered Institute of Housing Annual Conference and Exhibition
Tags: Sustainability, Sustainable Building, sustainable construction, sustainable housing, Sustainable Housing Principles
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Code for Sustainable Homes – Updates
Posted on September 9th, 2011
Towards the end of August 2011, The Department for Communities and Local Government released an updated cost review of the costs involved in building to the Code for Sustainable Homes.
The Code for Sustainable Homes is the national standard for assessing the sustainability of new housing in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
This document has been released with the aim of providing guidance on the costs of building housing that adhere to Code standards. What the reader gets are updates over and above the two previous Code cost reports. Note that the recently updated document is based on a much larger availability of market-tested industry data.
Access plenty of other details about the Cost of building to the Code for Sustainable Homes – updated cost review (available free for download as PDF, 136 kb, 90 pages)
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