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House by house, building by building, retrofit is still being approached as a piecemeal solution to the climate crisis. Denise Chevin asks, how can it be scaled up?

How one council persevered to save a beloved local landmark following a decade of neglect and disrepair.

Nigel Wakefield MCABE C.Build E has puzzled over the problems with upgrading older properties so you don’t have to.

The City of London Corporation has approved a £191m funding package to support critical repairs and upgrades at the Barbican Centre.

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection has launched the sixth edition of the Yellow Book: Fire Protection for Structural Steel in Buildings.

It’s easy to talk about retrofit, but what are you doing about it? ‘Plenty,’ says CABE. Take a look at the modernisation of CABE HQ

Retrofitting UK homes is a win-win, so why is it all taking so long to happen? It’s complicated, says Nick Warburton.

In 2022, the governments in England, Scotland and Wales and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland jointly consulted on the introduction of mandatory digital waste tracking across the UK.

Planning permission website Planning Portal – through which 97% of planning applications in England are submitted – has announced an update to its online platform to take account of forthcoming increases to planning fees (to take effect from April 2025).

Are you a Registered Building Inspector looking to shape the future of the profession? The Building Control Working Group (BCWG), established in 2023 to support the Industry Competence Committee (ICC), needs your expertise!

We all know where good intentions can lead, but what happens when energy-efficient retrofit solutions are undone by human behaviour, asks Matt Lamy?

Heat pumps are playing an increasingly important role in both new build and retrofit sectors – Charlotte Lee, Chief Executive of the Heat Pump Association (HPA), demystifies a few things.

Few projects are likely to face as much scrutiny as the retrofit of a national retrofit centre, and Gavin Johnston of BE-ST is counting on it.

Collaborative reporting for safer structures. Report 1344: Collapse of concrete canopy over house entrance

CITB has announced its consensus procedure will start on 17 March 2025 and continue until 9 May.

With not long left until the government’s new Simpler Recycling reforms are implemented, statistics from commercial waste collection service Business Waste suggest that 99% of businesses are unprepared for the rule changes.

The government in Westminster has announced that it plans to invest in green skills training to support a transition to clean power with “thousands” of new jobs.

Later this month, Mariza Graham is set to become the first female president in the London District Surveyors Association’s 180-year history. She talks to Building Engineer about her aspirations for the year ahead, including inspiring more women to take up leadership roles in the building control profession.

Empty and underperforming buildings throughout the UK are untapped economic and social assets, and Don’t Waste Buildings has decided it is time to get serious about their reuse.

Leeds Beckett University, the University of Salford and Loughborough University have been leading research into retrofitting best practice on tricky old housing stock.