Cost-effective Passivhaus

Passivhaus often requires additional costs for materials, labour and design and certification but this uplift is usually now less than 8%, when factoring in other savings through reduced heating equipment need and economies of scale. This uplift is more than repaid through long-term energy bill savings and whole life costs. In the face of escalating…

The Future X Podcast – FutureX – uniting the built environment

If you ever have the chance to attend Futurebuild at the ExCell centre in London, even if your not in the industry, its recommended. If you have an interest in ‘Green buildings’ in any way, its the event to visit.'Futurebuild is excited to launch FutureX, in partnership with Ryder Architecture. The FutureX podcast will bring…

Net Zero Homes by 2025

  "Leading firms join forces with government and environmental groups to launch future homes delivery hubLeading UK housing developers and builders have teamed up with the government and environmental groups to announce an initiative to build homes that are net zero-ready within four years.”Sector-wide plan to build net zero homes by 2025

Making heat pump technology affordable for everyone to adopt

You may well hear about heat pumps in the coming years.Certainly our businesses, and homes may be fitted, or retrofitted with Ground Source Heat Pumps as a move towards non fossil fuel energy sources.Read the full story from Futurebuildimage Creative Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heat_pump_system_on_rainwater_pit.pngFeatured image Peter Stevens Transition Telford is a registered charity and part of the…

Futurebuild The Lost Sessions

Futurebuild The Lost SessionsLearning for the future – biodiversity and net zero as standard."Positioning ourselves for COP26 and beyond – a plan for the built and natural environment, in partnership with the Edge Although the next Futurebuild event won’t take place until 2022, Futurebuild and the Edge has joined forces to explore the actions that…