100th Episode! Licensed to build great Passivhaus homes
Appropriately, five years from our first episode (Sarah Lewis, research and policy director at the Passivhaus Trust) we return to the subject of Passivhaus in action for our 100th edition.…
Holistic Approaches to Low Carbon Retrofit at Scale
This whitepaper explores progress in retrofitting UK social housing, examining funding, policy, and delivery challenges while highlighting emerging approaches to improve energy efficiency, reduce costs, and support healthier homes.
Solutions for Low Energy Domestic Retrofit at Scale
James Parker, editor of ADF and Housebuilder & Developer, presents the highlights from a recent industry round table focused on solutions to the challenges of retrofitting the UK’s homes. Sponsored…
Solutions for Low Energy Domestic Retrofit at Scale
On 18th February, Building Insights LIVE staged a round table alongside the launch of the Government’s £15bn Warm Homes Plan, bringing together architects, sustainability consultants, retrofit specialists, industry bodies and…
Ask the Manufacturer – ID Systems
An Ask the Manufacturer special, in association with ID Systems. James Parker speaks to the firm’s marketing manager David Clarke, to discover how the 2021 changes to Building Regulations have…
Exploring Solutions for Residential Deep Retrofit Round Table Review
This episode collects some of the highlights of our recent industry round table, 'Exploring Solutions for Residential Deep Retrofit'.
Exploring Solutions for Residential Deep Retrofit
In May 2024, the fourth Building Insights LIVE round table was held at London’s Building Centre, addressing one of the construction industry’s most pressing challenges: retrofitting the UK's existing housing…
The Benefits of Retrofit & Refurbishment
Tom Slater founded T2S Architecture during the pandemic and is driving the agenda around retrofit as beneficial for the urban context, developers’ business cases, and sustainability.
Retrofit: The ‘green elephant in the room’
In the run-up to Futurebuild at London’s Excel James Parker, editor of Architects’ Datafile and Housebuilder and Developer, speaks to Martin Hurn, event director at Futurebuild.
Sustainability in the Built Environment
Rita Singh of Kingspan Insulation discusses how a fabric first approach works in practice and why retrofit first should be the overriding aim.