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Why Measured Energy Performance will be a key consideration in housebuilding

|Date: 12 Feb 2025

Why Measured Energy Performance will be a key consideration in housebuilding

PHPD talks to Dr. Richard Jack, technical director of Build Test Solutions, to learn all about Measured E ...

PHPD talks to Dr. Richard Jack, technical director of Build Test Solutions, to learn all about Measured Energy Performance and why this will be a key consideration in housebuilding and retrofitting on ...

12 Feb 2025
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Bellway and Nuspan test energy and cost-efficiency of precast floor in The Future Home

|Date: 05 Dec 2022

Bellway and Nuspan test energy and cost-efficiency of precast floor in The Future Home

UK housebuilder Bellway has partnered with Nuspan Flooring to test the impact its precast floors can have ...

UK housebuilder Bellway has partnered with Nuspan Flooring to test the impact its precast floors can have on the energy efficiency and cost of living in a new home. Nuspan has installed the structural ...

05 Dec 2022
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Electrical Safety First releases new report on the Future Home

|Date: 29 Nov 2021

Electrical Safety First releases new report on the Future Home

Moving to net zero will bring fundamental changes to our homes, with new technologies creating a web of i ...

Moving to net zero will bring fundamental changes to our homes, with new technologies creating a web of interconnected challenges and risks — made more problematic by having the oldest housing stock i ...

29 Nov 2021
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Click Above | The sky’s the limit

|Date: 21 Nov 2019

Click Above | The sky’s the limit

Aaron Emmett, MD of airspace developer Click Above explains why more homes in the future will be built ab ...

Aaron Emmett, MD of airspace developer Click Above explains why more homes in the future will be built above existing structures ‘The future’ once felt a long way off; it was something space-aged, som ...

21 Nov 2019
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Hamilton Litestat | Taking control

|Date: 20 Nov 2019

Hamilton Litestat | Taking control

There is little doubt that future homes will feature greater levels of control and functionality. Gavin W ...

There is little doubt that future homes will feature greater levels of control and functionality. Gavin Williams from Hamilton Litestat outlines the ways housebuilders can bring the technology of toda ...

20 Nov 2019
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Heating & hot water: the future

|Date: 11 Jul 2019

Heating & hot water: the future

Are we now at the cusp of move away from the widely recognised approaches to heating and hot water provis ...

Are we now at the cusp of move away from the widely recognised approaches to heating and hot water provision? PHPD assesses the current situation and looks at what might be on the horizon. ...

11 Jul 2019
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Offsite Solutions | The future of bathroom pods

|Date: 04 Jul 2019

Offsite Solutions | The future of bathroom pods

Richard Tonkinson, Executive Director of Offsite Solutions, outlines why the growth in the use of bathroo ...

Richard Tonkinson, Executive Director of Offsite Solutions, outlines why the growth in the use of bathroom pods is set to continue into the future. The use of bathroom pods in the residential sector h ...

04 Jul 2019
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The benefits of smart lighting

|Date: 25 Jun 2019

The benefits of smart lighting

Thomas Lane, Smart Home Product Manager at Aurora Lighting, speaks to PHPD about the benefits of smart li ...

Thomas Lane, Smart Home Product Manager at Aurora Lighting, speaks to PHPD about the benefits of smart lighting and the ways in which it can be introduced to a new home. ...

25 Jun 2019
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