The Building Test Centre, which first opened in 1967 has unveiled its new UKAS-accredited¹, state-of-the-art Fire Test Facility within its site at East Leake, Nottinghamshire, The Centre has benefitted from a £7million investment from owners Saint-Gobain to install two brand new furnace and double its fire test capability.

The Great British Insulation scheme will help thousands of people feeling the pinch to receive insulation upgrades in their homes while slashing their energy bills.

Gas boilers are set to be phased out in the UK. Here we take a look at what could replace them in new and existing homes, and how else we can make homes more energy efficient.

Taking a ‘fabric first’ approach – in other words, considering the design and choosing high performing materials – is key to achieving this.

The Future Homes Standard aims to regulate the delivery of homes to ensure that they are zero carbon ready from 2025.

How can the industry design and build homes that are ‘zero carbon ready’ by 2025 with low carbon heating, a fabric first approach and high performing building solutions?

The Future Homes Standard sets out to make new homes ‘zero carbon ready’ by 2025.

When thermal conditions are adequate in one location, our body is in balance with the environment allowing us to perform activities normally.

In the first weeks of lockdown, the activity in the UK construction sector alone dropped by around 13%, according to the UK Construction total activity index.