Resources Categories: Housing
March 2024 Newsletter
April 26, 2024
📢 Announcements Climaax’s Open Call invites public bodies to apply for up to 300,000 EUR for your region’s climate protection. CLIMAte risk and vulnerability Assessment framework and toolboX (CLIMAAX) is an EU-funded project (2023-2026) fueling regional resilience. It is committed to furnishing practical assistance, aiding in the implementation of methodological frameworks, and facilitating the utilisation … Read more
April 2024 Newsletter
📢 Announcements Resilience First webinar on Building Resilient Cities: Key Takeaways On 13th March, Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, GLA and Emma Howard Boyd CBE, Chair of the London Climate Resilience Review presented at the Resilience First webinar on The Priorities for Building Resilient Cities. Please see attached for a summary of … Read more
February 2024 Newsletter
📢 Announcements City of London Corporation install smart climate sensor network – Tim Munday, City of London As part of its Climate Action Strategy the City Corporation has installed a network of climate recording sensors across the Square Mile. The series of temperature, air pressure, soil moisture, and drainage gully sensors have been placed at … Read more
Future Buildings Standard
April 12, 2021
The Future Buildings Standard: Consultation on changes to Part L (conservation of fuel and power) and Part F (ventilation) of the Building Regulations for non-domestic buildings and dwellings; and overheating in new residential buildings Find the consultation here Our response covers the sections of the consultation document pertaining to overheating. You can read it here.
A Cool Place to Live
February 3, 2021
The London Wildlife Trust and Neighbourhoods Green produced this good practice guide to climate change adaptation through greening in social housing. A Cool Place to Live (PDF) Housing associations provide homes and support for some of the most vulnerable people in England and research has shown that it is the most vulnerable who are likely to … Read publication
Adapting Dwellings to Climate Change – Retrofit advice tool
April 16, 2020
This web tool was developed as part of the CREW (Community Resilience to Extreme Weather) project led by Loughborough University. The aim is to inform retrofit adaptations to reduce dwelling overheating during heat wave periods, whilst also considering the effect on annual heating energy use and cost. The results are based on modelling the effects … Read publication
Your social housing in a changing climate
February 12, 2013
London is already affected by events such as floods, heatwaves and droughts, and as our climate changes we expect to see an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Those vulnerable people living in social housing are likely to feel the effects the most and so it rests with social landlords to ensure … Read publication