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Heating and Ventilation News General praise for stricter carbon reduction targets from next year is tempered by longer-term questions around industry support and opportunities to exceed national building requirements The construction sector has welcomed some of the major commitments made by the government in its Future Homes Standard, such as the introduction of stricter energy efficiency standards from 2022. However, some industry bodies have questioned whether enough support will be in place to realistically meet the standards nationally in both new and existing homes. A government respons...

Design to tackle homelessness Words by Kay Hill The figures on homelessness are stark. According to UK government statistics, 4,677 people were sleeping rough on a single night last year, while the BBC estimates that the total number experiencing the indignity of rough sleeping over a year comes to nearer 28,000. It isn’t a problem unique to the UK: there are more than half a million rough sleepers in the US – 60,000 in Los Angeles alone – not to mention millions of refugees and victims of natural disasters around the world. The traditional response, whether it’s on the streets of Det...

Housing Minister’s speech at the Insider Midlands Residential Property Conference Minister of State for Housing Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP’s speech to the Insider Midlands Residential Property Conference on planning reform and the role of Modern Methods of Construction. From: 11 December 2020 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Good morning and a very warm welcome to everyone attending today’s Insider Midlands Residential Property Conference. It is a real pleasure to be joining you, albeit remotely, which as we all know is the way of the world at the moment. C...