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November 25th to 1st December

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Financial support for warmer homes now available across North Ayrshire
North Ayrshire Council detail financial support available to help heat your home this winter

Scottish Council Lifts Threshold to £43,000 for funding.

Use heat pumps over gas boilers for British-made energy, say researchers
Households using heat pumps use only half the amount of imported energy as those with gas boilers, new analysis has found.

Irish Paper Says Go British With A Heat Pump

OVO, HSBC partner to offer flexible financing for green technology
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Mel Esquerre: A personal account of Edinburgh’s ‘dystopian’ retrofit scheme
Mel Esquerre, an Edinburgh resident and retrofit campaigner, shares her experience of the City of Edinburgh Council’s Mixed Tenure Improvement Service (MTIS) scheme and her concerns that people are being harmed as a result. In the last month alone, five different neighbours have approached me, anxio

Mel Esquerre Featured In Our Podcast Is Still Having To Campaign Against Forced Retrofits

Powerful partnerships will ensure demand for a greener future surges in Scotland
PARTNERSHIP working is at the heart of ScottishPower’s drive to decarbonise homes across the UK.
How archetyping supports retrofit at scale - elemental
The UK is grappling with a critical challenge: how to retrofit millions of homes at the pace and scale needed to meet Net Zero targets. To unlock the potential of […]
Placing the Resident and Their Health at the Heart of the Retrofit Revolution
Jenny Danson viewpoint on the importance of the resident’s health at the centre of retrofit activity
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Built Environment - Smarter Transformation | Top 5 things you might have missed from BE-ST and the zero carbon built environment in the past month.
Park South homes to benefit from £6m energy improvements programme
More than 100 Swindon Borough Council-owned properties in Park South will be made more energy efficient as part of a £6m investment project.
Green Homes Systems’ top reputation is built on trust and professionalism
AS temperatures plummet and winter bites, energy efficiency has never been more important…or more challenging, given the rise of complex and fast-evolving technologies and products, coupled with a steep rise in the number of new entrants with varying levels of knowledge and expertise entering the energy sector.
Bradford awarded almost £16 million to help decarbonise buildings
BRADFORD has been awarded almost £16 million in funding to make the city’s buildings, including a police station, courts and City Hall, greener.
Solar Skills Bootcamp launched for Leicestershire adults - Love Business East Midlands
Leicestershire job-seekers are being given the opportunity to take part in a free four-week course in solar panel installation.
Nottingham City Council approves £1 billion regional bid for Warm Homes funding | West Bridgford Wire
Nottingham City Council has approved a bid to secure up to £1 billion in funding for the Warm Homes Social Housing Fund.
6 million UK households cannot afford to keep warm this winter
Propertymark has long campaigned for incentives and realistic funding for landlords, tenants, and homeowners to upgrade their properties so we can see more energy-efficient homes, lower bills, and reduce emissions in the property sector. We are pleased to support National Energy Action’s Fuel Poverty Awareness Day on 27 November 2024, which highlights how the continuing energy crisis is stretching household, leaving many people struggling in cold, unsafe and unhealthy homes.
Bradford will act as ‘blueprint’ in national push for low carbon heating
A new green heat network being set up in Bradford will act as a “blueprint” for similar low carbon schemes across the country.
£3 billion housebuilding schemes to unlock homes and boost growth | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Billions of pounds in guarantees for housebuilders are now open for business as part of a new support package confirmed yesterday by the Housing Minister.
How Councils can integrate solar energy on public buildings
Why are there almost no solar panels on council-owned buildings across the UK? Solar panels are a trusted and effective source of renewable energy. However, barriers have stood in the way of the installation of solar panels on publicly-owned buildings. It doesn’t have to be this way. Public buildings,…
Replicating international approaches to retrofit finance could reduce bills in 675,000 UK homes a year - Green Finance Institute
6 myths about climate change busted
While most of us know that it’s a critical time for us to work on tackling climate change, we still get lots of questions about the real threat that it poses to our world. Here we debunk some of the most common incorrect, yet oft-repeated, myths.
elementalLONDON announces partnership with the Ground Source Heat Pump Association - elemental
elementalLONDON (ExCeL London, November 19-20 2025) is delighted to announce the formation of a new partnership with the Ground Source Heat Pump Association (GSHPA). Reflecting and enhancing the success of […]
Opinion: let’s prioritise helping those in energy poverty over grants for costly heat pumps
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‘Cutting-edge’ new training centre delivering green skills opens at Cumbrian college
A CUTTING-EDGE training centre designed to put Cumbria at the forefront of delivering green skills has opened its doors.
Hybrid heat pumps are “missed opportunity” - elemental
A whitepaper exploring the policy landscape around hybrid heat pump systems has been published by Baxi. The report includes a series of key findings which inform a recommended rollout of […]
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