Entries for the 'Retrofit/Refurb' Category

Just a few weeks after prime minister David Cameron declared that: “Building schools for the future is exactly what our plans involve” education secretary Michael Gove announced that the BSF programme will be cut

Communities must be encouraged to lead local renewal projects if UK cities, towns and villages are to be fit for the future, says an SDC report

To help public bodies manage historic buildings more sustainably, The Prince’s Regeneration Trust has launched an online toolkit

PRP Architects has completed a whole house retrofit of a terrace in Dartford as part of the Technology Strategy Board’s Retrofit for the Future competition

Most of CERT work must now focus on insulation, climate change secretary Chris Huhne has demanded

DECC minister Greg Barker has visited the Mark Group's training academy in Leicester, meeting the 1,000th trainee to graduate

St Mary’s church in Ashford, Kent, will be refurbished to improve its energy efficiency and make it suitable for use as an arts venue as well as a place of worship

A 1960s brutalist office building has been refurbished and extended to achieve a high BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rating

If the new Government is to achieve its target of cutting carbon emissions across its estate by 10% it must focus on low-cost and established retrofit technologies

Refurbishing non-domestic buildings can not only fill the current supply gap, but also lead to cost and carbon savings, protect asset value and even help attract and retain employees