Electric vehicle charging points are set to be required by law in new homes and buildings in England from next year. The Government has said the move will see up to 145,000 charging points installed throughout the country each year. [...]

We recently researched our readers' opinions on The Future Homes Standard, and a White Paper outlining the research's key findings is now available to download. With buildings accounting for 40% of the UK’s carbon emissions – and housing accounting for [...]

Considering the impact of wastewater in building acoustic performance As the world continues to get noisier, building designers, specifiers and contractors have an increased responsibility to consider acoustics in their projects. However, current standards offer vague recommendations and little guidance [...]

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak's Budget announcement of £1.8bn of funding dedicated to development on brownfield sites, as part of its 'levelling up' agenda, has been welcomed by the housebuilding sector. Melanie Leech, chief executive of the British [...]

New data released today by NHBC shows that detached houses now make up the largest proportion of new home registrations in the UK, as demand for more space increases. In Q3 2021, 36% of new homes registered to be built [...]