House by house, building by building, retrofit is still being approached as a piecemeal solution to the climate crisis. Denise Chevin asks, how can it be scaled up?
Last year, the Environmental Audit Committee sought views on how the UK government’s proposed reforms to planning policy and housebuilding targets might affect environmental protections and current approaches to sustainability.
The government in Westminster has suspended 39 businesses from fitting new solid-wall insulation in homes after it was alerted to reports of poor-quality work.
The Scottish government has opened a consultation seeking the views of stakeholders on a review of building standards relating to the fire safety of historic buildings converted for hotel use.
A mutual recognition agreement between the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying in the US and the Engineering Council in the UK has now fully operationalised.
The Construction Products Regulation (CPR 2024) updates the existing EU rules in this area, providing an opportunity to adapt standardisation to new technical developments.
