Solar PV could be rolled out as standard under the Warmer Homes scheme, alongside a suite of enhanced retrofit grants for low-income households, landlords and businesses, under proposals reportedly being prepared for cabinet.

New fastener lengths for EJOT’s DDS-Z range enable soffit insulation depths of up to 375 mm to be installed easily and efficiently, with the screws still only requiring an embedment depth into concrete of just 25 mm.

In the first instalment of a new feature where we try to get into the heads of prominent people in green building, we asked the president of the European Straw Building Association to peer into the void, peer into his record collection, and peer into the future.

The myth that energy-efficient building is a needless luxury has been dealt a significant blow by new research published by the UK’s Passivhaus Trust.

Ireland's Building Energy Rating system has moved to a simplified eight band scale, with a new A0 rating at the top reserved for zero emission buildings (ZEBs).

Building envelope specialists and energy systems experts will meet in Manchester in September as the AECB's annual conference tackles one of the most contested questions in low-energy construction: how fabric performance and energy supply should work together.

The EU is set to publish plans to reform how electricity and gas are priced – to drive the widespread uptake of heat pumps and cut heating bills by up to 60 per cent.

Britain is failing to address housing as part of the climate emergency, according to a group of 60 local authorities, businesses and civil society groups who say government changes to planning rules could spell the end of zero carbon homes in England.

Big Picture - Forrest Passive House in Spotswood achieves certification while maintaining contemporary family functionality through thoughtful material choices and spatial planning.