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Professor Ken Gibb from the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), who was part of the Scottish Government’s Housing Investment Taskforce, shares his views on its recent official report. Last week, the Scottish Government’s housing investment taskforce (HITF) published its

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Retrofitting tenements was the subject of the latest SHN podcast with guests from Changeworks, Loco Home and Under One Roof. Jimmy Black yearns for heat networks, not heat pumps... “With tenements, it’s every single problem around net zero and climate change all rolled into one building.

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Professors Kim McKee & Vikki McCall from the University of Stirling offer their critique of the popular 'build baby build' solution to Scotland's housing emergency and argue that the type, quality and location of the homes we build should also be considered.

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Laura Sefton, an energy specialist lawyer from CMS, highlights the challenges facing the housing sector over the decarbonisation of heat from buildings, explains why we’re seeing an evolving regulatory environment and examines the legal and regulatory implications of these changes. Scotland&rs

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Craig Sanderson argues that the looming disruption caused by the switch from Radio Tele-Switch (RTS) meters could, have should, have been avoided. On 12th May, we were alerted to the latest report by Duncan McLennan for the David Hume Institute - 'Urgent disruption’ in housing policy required

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After a decade of challenging misperceptions around the quality, safety, and potential of Scottish timber, BE-ST has launched the Mass Timber Centre of Excellence - a milestone in the journey to making UK-grown mass timber a mainstream, high-value construction solution. Sam Hart, associate dire

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