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In late May a new £1bn building safety fund to remove dangerous cladding from high-rise buildings was announced.

The government has published an amendment to the statutory guidance to building safety regulations – otherwise known as Approved Document B.

Responding to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee report on cladding remediation, Lord Porter of the Local Government Association (LGA) said:

The Sustainable Energy Association has sent an open letter to the Minister of State and the government to support the Domestic Premises (Energy Performance) Bill/EPC band C.

In June the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) published the Roadmap to Recovery plan.

At the NBS Construction Product Leaders’ Summit, Dame Judith Hackitt noted that the construction supply chain must change to take maximum advantage of digital technology and made it clear construction materials manufacturers must improve their standards, processes and digital toolkit.

Scottish energy firm Biskit Controls has become the latest business to demonstrate an innovation in the Energy System Catapult’s 100-home Living Lab.

Amy Flemming makes a case in The Guardian for cities to embrace an anthropological approach to planning that works with nature, instead of embracing smart systems.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance Indoor air quality
at home noted that as we spend 90% of our lives inside, poor air quality within buildings affects our health.

Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Cundall has named 2020 the Year of Net Zero.

The Secretary of State, Robert Jenrick, has published a further update on measures stemming from the Building Safety Programme aimed at ensuring that residents are safe, and feel safe, in their homes.

The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) is committed to facilitating learning and shared good practice across the environmental profession.

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has published new guidance for the planning and construction industry to create a more resilient and nature-rich urban environment.

As the world reels from Covid-19, there have been plenty of positive stories about the effects on nature.

CABE and 27 other members of the Construction Industry Council (CIC), together with the UK Green Building Council, the Edge and the University College of Estate Management, have jointly pledged to work together to tackle climate change.

The unusual inauguration of CABE President Jayne Hall

The Construction Product Information Survey, carried out for the Construction Products Association by NBS, explores how product information is presented and made available to the entire construction supply chain.

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The opening of the new CABE Hong Kong office is accompanied by a new Chapter Chair and General Manager.

The Westminster Sustainable Business Forum (WSBF) event, sponsored by the British Board of Agrément, concluded that the industry ‘lagged behind’ others with similar levels of complexity in the uptake of digital technology.