Issue 36 - passivehouseplus.co.uk

Results of a new five-year study of recycled concrete show that it performs as well, and in several cases even better, than conventional concrete.

Heat pumps dominate & mechanical ventilation grows, but compliance risks emerge

Before it was halted until January 2021, the Grenfell Tower inquiry heard a series of damning testimonies on the culture towards fire safety within leading building material manufacturers and certification bodies in the years leading up to the fire.

The Welsh government is set to introduce a new section of building regulations to deal with mitigating overheating risk, Part S.

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) envisages loft insulation and air source heat pumps as being among the primary tools to reduce the carbon footprint of existing buildings, in its newly published landmark plan for how the UK can move towards becoming a net zero carbon nation by 2050.