Research aims to up the pace of green home makeovers

James S Murray
clock • 3 min read

Government advisor warns UK will need 12,500 retrofits a week to meet 2050 green housing targets

The daunting task of renovating 12,500 homes a week for the next 40 years is to be the subject of a major new £3m research project designed to establish whether mass produced building technologies could...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Supply chain

Survey: Consumers willing to pay more for food produced regeneratively

Survey: Consumers willing to pay more for food produced regeneratively

Farmers Guardian research lifts lid on views of both farmers and consumers on regenerative agriculture

Jane Thynne, Farmers Guardian
clock 30 June 2025 • 7 min read
Nestlé cocoa support programme boosts yields for farmers by 18 per cent

Nestlé cocoa support programme boosts yields for farmers by 18 per cent

Food giant publishes update on its Income Accelerator Programme confirming scheme has boosted yields and income for cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire despite challenging climate impacts

clock 26 June 2025 • 3 min read
Study: Over $1tr a year needed to seed climate resilience into world's food systems

Study: Over $1tr a year needed to seed climate resilience into world's food systems

Current investment in sustainable and resilient Paris Agreement-aligned food production systems at just five per cent of the level needed

Stuart Stone
clock 18 June 2025 • 3 min read