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The homes sector is changing to meet critical environmental and social challenges. With legislation, consumers and investors driving these changes, there will be implications for the whole value chain to deliver projects more sustainably.
The School’s training, shaped by homebuilder client and sector needs, is designed to support your business to meet some of the high priority challenges facing the sector. Learning covers areas such as reaching net zero carbon, reducing waste on site, responding to the Future Homes Standard, delivering Biodiversity Net Gain and working with new modern slavery legislation.
Engaging in the School will help your business develop your sustainability knowledge to demonstrate your commitment to these topics, meet customer expectations, minimize risk and increase your competitive advantage.
Tackling overheating in homes
Hear from Dan Hastings, Technical Manager at Redrow, as he discusses what overheating is, what causes it, and what active measures homebuilders can currently take to mitigate overheating.
‘Biodiversity’ simply refers to all living things. Every species, no…
Climate change is the biggest issue of our time and…
With an estimated 49.6 million victims worldwide, modern slavery is…
Changing the mindset from 'waste' to 'resources' and improving efficiency…
Biodiversity and Ecology
Swift and wild: How to build houses and restore nature together
Document/Presentation
30 minutesSustainability Strategy
Sustainability and Groundworks
E-learning module
Offsite Manufacture
MMC Strategy for Housing Report
Document/Presentation
Energy and Carbon
Embodied and Whole Life Carbon Of Future Homes Standard Options Report
Document/Presentation
Energy and Carbon
Case Study: Reducing Carbon Emissions: Jewson Partnership Solutions
Case Study
Waste and Resource Efficiency
Case Study: Reducing plastic packaging at Ibstock
Video
Materials
Case Study: Reducing Carbon in Brick Manufacture: Michelmersh Hybrick Trial
Case Study
Energy and Carbon
Case Study: Cutting Carbon: Russell Roof Tiles
Video
Sustainability Assessment