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How housebuilders can address the growing risk of overheating

|Date: 21 Nov 2025

How housebuilders can address the growing risk of overheating

Stuart Fairlie, managing director at Elmhurst Energy, explores how housebuilders can address the growing ...

Stuart Fairlie, managing director at Elmhurst Energy, explores how housebuilders can address the growing risk of overheating, designing homes that are resilient enough to withstand future climate chan ...

21 Nov 2025
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What’s regarded as best practice for SuDS design?

|Date: 19 Nov 2025

What’s regarded as best practice for SuDS design?

PHPD puts the questions to Thomas Sturtridge, Flood Risk Engineer, MEC Consulting Group, who discusses al ...

PHPD puts the questions to Thomas Sturtridge, Flood Risk Engineer, MEC Consulting Group, who discusses all things SuDS What’s regarded as best practice for SuDS design? The recognised industry standar ...

19 Nov 2025
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Why guttering plays a crucial role in preparing new homes

|Date: 18 Nov 2025

Why guttering plays a crucial role in preparing new homes

Steve Skeldon, Above Ground Product Manager at Wavin, discusses why guttering plays a crucial role in pre ...

Steve Skeldon, Above Ground Product Manager at Wavin, discusses why guttering plays a crucial role in preparing new homes for a rainier future. We may have just emerged from one of the hottest summers ...

18 Nov 2025
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Dulux unveils its Colours of the Year 2026

|Date: 17 Nov 2025

Dulux unveils its Colours of the Year 2026

The Dulux Colours of the Year 2026 are three versatile blues: light Mellow Flow™, dark Slow Swing™ and vi ...

The Dulux Colours of the Year 2026 are three versatile blues: light Mellow Flow™, dark Slow Swing™ and vibrant Free Groove™. They were chosen following the company’s extensive annual trend research an ...

17 Nov 2025
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Four essential benefits blue roofs provide

|Date: 14 Nov 2025

Four essential benefits blue roofs provide

With water shortages becoming increasingly common in the UK, those in the construction industry will need ...

With water shortages becoming increasingly common in the UK, those in the construction industry will need to familiarise themselves with sustainable practises and solutions. For construction professio ...

14 Nov 2025
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Making rainwater harvesting as mandatory as solar panels

|Date: 13 Nov 2025

Making rainwater harvesting as mandatory as solar panels

David Stagg, technical product specialist for water management specialists GRAF UK, argues the case for m ...

David Stagg, technical product specialist for water management specialists GRAF UK, argues the case for making rainwater harvesting as mandatory as solar panels. Few utility authorities suffer quite t ...

13 Nov 2025
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Warmflow discusses UK net zero goals

|Date: 07 Nov 2025

Warmflow discusses UK net zero goals

Warmflow discusses the UK’s net zero goals and how heat pumps can help pave the way there As the UK and I ...

Warmflow discusses the UK’s net zero goals and how heat pumps can help pave the way there As the UK and Ireland push toward their net-zero goals, decarbonising home heating continues to be one of the ...

07 Nov 2025
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Developers under pressure to balance cost and future value

|Date: 04 Nov 2025

Developers under pressure to balance cost and future value

In a competitive housing market, developers are under increasing pressure to offer desirable properties w ...

In a competitive housing market, developers are under increasing pressure to offer desirable properties while crucially balancing build costs and delivering future value. Here, Chris Stammers, Portfol ...

04 Nov 2025
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Triton Showers introduces the duo able to reduce water use

|Date: 03 Nov 2025

Triton Showers introduces the duo able to reduce water use

As hot water production becomes the dominant energy load in new-build homes, housebuilders must address t ...

As hot water production becomes the dominant energy load in new-build homes, housebuilders must address this shift without sacrificing comfort or compliance. Paul Ravnbo-West, market development manag ...

03 Nov 2025
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How can developers plan for BNG?

|Date: 30 Oct 2025

How can developers plan for BNG?

Managing the statutory requirement for biodiversity net gain (BNG) is one of the top practical headaches ...

Managing the statutory requirement for biodiversity net gain (BNG) is one of the top practical headaches facing smaller housebuilders right now. And to complicate matters further, we await the outcome ...

30 Oct 2025
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