All retrofit articles – Page 2
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Developer submits plans for City block retrofit
Scheme will add two storeys to roof of 21 Lombard Street and replace facade
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Wates wins £21m London homes retrofit contract
Greenwich scheme is largest to date under government funding method
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Government publishes proposals to make it easier to retrofit historic buildings
Review of the barriers to improving the energy efficiency of historic buildings include proposals to automatically grant permission for improvements such as double glazing
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This is how we can rise to the retrofit challenge
Is retrofit just a buzzword and an oversold solution for reaching sustainability goals? Not if we can avoid using excessive amounts of steel or diverting high amounts of material to landfill when we repurpose our buildings, writes Mark Swetman.
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Another 1970s London office to be given major overhaul
BuckleyGrayYeoman-designed scheme will be net zero in operation
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UK behind European peers on cutting building emissions, says Kingspan
Massive additional reduction needed to meet net zero targets by 2040
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How retrofit impacts on procurement
How does building retrofit impact on procurement and do adequate standard form contracts exist for its delivery? Peter Hibberd explains
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Birmingham’s Ringway Centre set for wrecking ball as council considers three tower plan
Corstorphine & Wright proposals would replace brutalist landmark with blocks up to 56 storeys in height
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Retrofit is not the enemy, it’s a golden opportunity – so long as our industry can deliver
M&S’s decision to appeal against Michael Gove’s verdict over the future of their flagship store reminds us (again) how important it is that we rise to the sustainability challenge, writes Richard McWilliams Â
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Industry calls for new energy and net zero secretary to push housing retrofit
Claire Coutinho replaces Grant Shapps at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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The battle SMEs face in reducing their emissions - and proving it
What is holding back small firms that want to reduce their carbon emissions? Tom Lowe reports for the ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ the Future Commission.
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M&S boss blasts Gove’s ‘utterly pathetic’ Oxford Street refusal
Retailer to review its position at flagship store after nearly a century on London’s busiest shopping street
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Gove’s M&S decision: the start of a new era, or a ploy to conceal net zero backsliding?
Does the landmark decision signal a clear change in government policy, or does it just presage more uncertainty, asks Ben Flatman
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Gove’s M&S decision: how the industry reacted
Move to block rebuild of flagship Oxford Street store broadly welcomed but retail body warns it could damage the West End
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Mace backs retrofit first planning rule for non-domestic buildings
Move would enable major embodied carbon savings, says firm
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Industry retrofit initiative appoints co-directors
Two architects appointed to lead National Retrofit Hub
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Plans submitted to retrofit 1970s Camden office deemed ‘unlettable’
Scheme to upgrade block’s energy rating from lowest possible to highest
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Green light for Westminster University retrofit
ADP-designed project will refurbish and extend Marylebone Road office building as enterprise centre
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UK ‘sleepwalking’ towards retrofit crisis, says Ridge report
Firms want VAT removed from refurbishments
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If we need a retrofit war effort – where’s our army?
 The case for a skilled workforce to adapt historic buildings is there and we have no time to waste, says Grosvenor’s Tor Burrows