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English housing survey 2010: homes report
Posted on: 8 February 2013
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The Department for Communities and Local Government has published its annual report on housing in England. This report, formally known as the housing stock report, is the detailed report of findings relating to the housing stock from the English housing survey.
Housing Assessment Tool
Posted on: 5 February 2013
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The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) has developed the Housing Assessment Tool (HAT), a programme that runs in Excel 2007 and gives a rough assessment of a house’s energy efficiency level. Based on CSE’s Housing Assessment Model, HAT is designed to enable community groups to analyse data about their local housing stock and produce individual energy saving reports for householders.
New times, new businesses: Addressing the challenges of housing provision in times of austerity
Posted on: 4 February 2013
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Radical thinking is needed to shape a new, entrepreneurial and thriving rental housing sector, according to research by St Andrews University and a group of international practitioners. Practitioners and academics both argue for new models to continue the important work of providing affordable, decent homes for low income households and in supporting better, more inclusive communities.
Building Fabric: Why engineers should be involved
Posted on: 4 February 2013
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This article looks at some key Passivhaus principles that can help bridge the gap between design and reality.
Energy efficiency and the private rented sector
Posted on: 4 February 2013
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This guide from the British Property Federation seeks to provide a starting point for landlords when developing energy efficiency improvement plans for their properties. It does this by explaining the direction of policy on energy efficiency standards in the private rented sector, how energy efficiency is calculated through the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) methodology, and how landlords can plan and fund improvements that increase EPC ratings.
Housing guarantee scheme rules: private rented sector
Posted on: 4 February 2013
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This document outlines the scheme rules for the private rented sector debt guarantee. The housing guarantees will support the building of new homes for the private rented sector. They will enable housing providers to raise debt with a government guarantee, where they commit to purchasing additional new homes for private rent. This will help to reduce their borrowing costs, increasing the number of new homes they can afford to provide.
Housing guarantee scheme rules: affordable housing
Posted on: 4 February 2013
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This document outlines the scheme rules for the affordable housing debt guarantee. The housing guarantees will support the building of new affordable homes. They will enable registered providers, or the equivalent in the devolved administrations, to raise debt with a government guarantee, where they commit to delivering additional new build affordable homes. This will help to reduce their borrowing costs, increasing the number of new homes they can afford to provide.
Count us in: Approaches to engaging households with their energy use
Posted on: 30 January 2013
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The National Housing Federation has published its review of behaviour change and engagement research and practice. The report profiles the work housing associations are carrying out across England to help tenants cut their energy use and sets out key findings from recent academic research.
An easier life at home? ‘Selling’ the Green Deal to UK households
Posted on: 29 January 2013
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A key assumption behind the Green Deal is that once market barriers are removed, there will be a flood of demand from UK homeowners for energy efficiency measures in their homes. However, interim findings from research from the UK Energy Research Centre casts doubt on whether this expected flood will come, for one simple reason: energy efficiency is rarely the main motivating factor for people’s decisions to renovate their homes.
Federation of Master Builders: State of Trade Survey
Posted on: 29 January 2013
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This quarterly survey examines the workload of small and medium sized enterprises in residential and non-residential sectors in the UK. The survey also covers prices, costs and employment.
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