Sustainable Social Housing set for South Tyneside

Sustainable Social Housing set for South Tyneside

Work is set to get underway on two sustainable council house developments in South Tyneside. A total of 29 homes will be built across the two schemes, all of which are for social rent. In Reynolds Avenue, South Shields, 17 ultra energy-efficient houses will be the first in the borough designed, built and certified to the international ‘Passivhaus Standard’, helping to slash energy use and minimise carbon emissions. Passivhaus buildings are so we…

Lower carbon footprint, more recycling and greener solutions.

The Leibniz Institute for Ecological Spatial Development (IÖR) has taken an important step towards a circular economy in the construction sector with the "Materialkataster Deutschland". The cadastre provides comprehensive information for the first time on the composition and distribution of building materials. A good basis for a more sustainable use in the future. The contribution New material cadastre is intended to promote sustainable building…

One of the challenges facing the construction and architecture sector has to do with the sustainability of the construction process. Today, the objectives of the sector are constructions that respect the environment, that use natural or recyclable materials and that have a minimum consumption of energy. Especially, because 80% of the real estate park in Spain is very inefficient at the level of energy consumption.In a few years, the sustainable …