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Contemporary low energy home ‘Open house and meet the professionals’

Chester Balmore, London

Chester Balmore, a mix of 53 council rent, shared ownership and private homes, demonstrates that a building can be designed to meet the specific demands of a particular site and still achieve the Passivhaus criteria of super-insulation and high levels of airtightness.

Basements: Thermal Performance

AR1 - Thermal Performance and Code For Sustainable Homes (Norwich)

AR1: Thermal performance (London)

National planning policy framework

This page provides information on NPPF

Basements for housing

This page provides information on the benefits of using concrete in basements for housing

The Queen of Concrete

Elaine Toogood is Head of Architecture at The Concrete Centre - the UK’s hub for material, design and construction guidance related to the use of concrete. She has nearly 25 years’ experience as an architect across a range of design projects including several self-build homes. 

Building regulations need to address overheating in new homes

The newly published Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk from the Climate Change Committee calls for the updating of building regulations to address overheating in new homes. To address this, a number of key actions are identified, which The Concrete Centre fully support.  

Everyman Theatre, Liverpool

The Everyman Theatre is a RIBA North West National Award winner 2014 and was the winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2014.