New homes often fail to meet low-energy targets, and to satisfy residents with fundamental issues such as ease of use, summer comfort and energy costs. There is little Building Performance Evaluation (BPE) happening routinely on projects to close the performance gap. A step change is needed to transition to net zero carbon while making our […]
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Building performance evaluation by Woodknowledge Wales
Woodknowledge Wales kicks of its building performance evaluation service at a Cardiff Council social housing scheme building site
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Project Background
DRAFT: Home-Grown Homes Project / Prosiect Cartrefi o Bren Lleol
WoodBUILD 2025
Speaker list Ministerial address and keynote speakers Speakers and facilitators
WoodBUILD 2024
Creating net zero carbon homes and communities in Wales
The Home-Grown Homes Project moves into a new phase. Our research findings on how we can use more of the timber we produce to deliver net zero carbon homes for social housing are all available in hands-on guidance, specification tools and reports. Now is the time to start delivering future homes that meet net zero […]
5 Essential Strategies for an Emerging Forest Nation
Home-Grown Homes Updates – September
With just a few months left of the Home-Grown Homes Project we are now focused on pulling together all findings from the research into usable design guides and tools to leave a lasting legacy from the project. Project Governance update The project’s steering group met in September. It reviewed project progress and in particular discussed […]
