PRESS RELEASES

Inbuilt’s sustainability specialists will be presenting an impressive series of case studies and masterclasses at Ecobuild this year, including a new programme of ‘20 Minute Essentials’ – quick, easy to digest presentations on topical issues for anyone who wants to drop in on their way around the exhibition...

Inbuilt is working with Oakleigh Consulting to review and assess the success of a £30 million green fund that is being given to English universities and colleges. Its report to the HEFCE is due for publication in April 2010 and is likely to be used to help assess options for the future funding at the next public spending review...

Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes has appointed Inbuilt's chief executive, Professor David Strong, as its new Chair. The Partnership is an independent, collaborative network of more than 575 supply chain organisations involved in the delivery of energy efficiency products and services to UK consumers...

Inbuilt has been awarded the highly-prized status of Certifying Body for Passivhaus buildings. This significantly enhances the company's Passivhaus design and consultancy service which is currently working on several residential projects involving more than 90 dwellings, as well as applying the Passivhaus principles to refurbishment schemes and non-domestic buildings.

Melanie Starrs and Victoria Kate Burrows at sustainability consultancy Inbuilt are among the first wave of experts in the country to achieve the new BREEAM Accredited Professionals (BREEAM AP) qualification.

Care home managers, owners and developers will learn how to maximise the financial, environmental and business benefits of sustainable and energy efficient design at a one-day workshop on 3 June being run by Inbuilt and specialist training body Sustainable Homes.

Inbuilt is running three breakfast meetings for housing associations, RSLs and local authorities attending this year's Chartered Institute of Housing conference in Harrogate (16-18 June 2009). The events are free to attend for any development managers and directors working within the affordable housing sector.

Inbuilt has responded to the Government consultation on the definition of zero carbon homes. The consultation will clarify the way all new homes in England can achieve zero carbon status from 2016, including creating a menu of solutions for housing developments that might not otherwise be able to reach this standard through directly connected heat networks.

Designing family homes to Passivhaus standards could be the most effective approach for social housing developers to reach the energy standard of level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes when tackling fuel poverty, according to new research published today by Inbuilt.

Inbuilt has been appointed by the Energy Saving Trust to provide sustainability strategy, design and technical services to housebuilders and social housing developers participating in the Newbuild Outreach Programme.

Inbuilt has given an enthusiastic response to the UK Green Building Council's report on Low Carbon Existing Homes, and is calling for the quick development and robust policing of new sustainability regulations for home refurbishment.

Inbuilt has welcomed the recent Ministerial reshuffle and establishment of a new Department of Energy and Climate Change, but warns of structural gaps that might yet scupper the country’s chances of achieving genuine sustainability.

(Opinion piece by Dr David Strong, chief executive of Inbuilt) In 2006 the UK Government declared an ambitious plan to ensure all new homes are zero carbon by 2016. New non-domestic buildings will have to be zero carbon by 2019…

(Opinion piece by Dr David Strong, chief executive of Inbuilt) When it comes to cutting carbon emissions from the UK building stock, a three-pronged approach is necessary…

(Opinion piece by Dr David Strong, chief executive of Inbuilt) The perfect package of improvements to any building, residential or commercial, clearly depends on its age, design, use etc. But Inbuilt has the following advice for anyone who wants simple and cost-effective ways to tackle wasted emissions…

Inbuilt has welcomed a CABE review of more than 700 large construction projects over the last two years, and the identification of common failings to deliver genuine sustainability. Inbuilt is also calling for greater transparency of information about these projects, good and bad, more sharing of data...

(Opinion piece by Dr David Strong, chief executive of Inbuilt) A consultation will be held this year on the timeline and feasibility for all new non-domestic buildings to be zero carbon by 2019…

(Opinion piece by Dr David Strong, chief executive of Inbuilt) After 35 years of working in the property industry, it is highly gratifying to see sustainability finally reaching the top of the political, planning and construction agenda…

A recent opinion poll by Inbuilt shows that, despite generally embracing the Government ambition for zero carbon new homes by 2016, many major housebuilders are deeply uncomfortable about whether they can achieve this target.

Award winner hailed as a “true visionary” by judges - Sarah Royse, Principal Consultant at Inbuilt, has been named Young Consultant of the Year by the Association for Consultancy and Engineering.

(Opinion piece by Dr David Strong, chief executive of Inbuilt) The real danger of the zero carbon agenda that has gripped the UK’s property sector is that it is too narrow. That’s why I’m calling for an urgent reality check…

The danger of the ‘zero carbon agenda’ that has gripped the UK construction industry is that it ignores social and economic sustainability and could result in highly perverse outcomes...

Inbuilt is launching a national survey at Ecobuild on the main assessment methods used by UK designers, planners and policy makers to measure sustainability in new buildings.

Inbuilt and Ecofirst Consult have been chosen to provide sustainability advice to the Gladedale Consortium as part of its bid to build a zero carbon community in Peterborough.

Inbuilt will provide technical and consulting services in the research, design and delivery of sustainable built environments.

Dr David Strong, Chief Executive of Inbuilt, a new RES Group company that specialises in sustainable buildings, was presented with the Sustainability Leadership Award at Building magazine’s recent Sustainability Awards 2007.

About RES Group's innovative, zero-emissions headquarters. Originally built in the 1930s as the Ovaltine egg farm, Beaufort Court was refurbished in 2002 as an exemplar of sustainable development. It is the first net-zero carbon commercial building in the UK. It exemplifies Inbuilt's approach and principles.