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)

Tags: Code for Sustainable Homes, Local Government, Sustainability, sustainable homes
Filed under Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Housing | Comments Off

Greenbuild Expo

Posted on April 25th, 2011

Greenbuild Expo, a sustainable refurbishment and building event is scheduled to be held on 29 and 30 June 2011 at Manchester Central. This expo is termed as “an essential and informative event for the construction industry covering everything from training opportunities and renewable technologies to sustainable materials and legislation updates.”

These are the highlights of the expo

• Ignition11
• Retrofit for Buildings
• Information hub about availability of training courses
• Code Clinic on surface water run-off

Here’s the link for you to register for the expo

Tags: Greenbuild Expo, Manchester Central, Renewable Technologies, sustainable homes, Sustainable Materials
Filed under Energy Efficiency, Home Insulation, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Housing | Comments Off