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Exterior of modern housing

Step Places

In the drive to build new homes to an exceptionally high standard, including energy efficiency, the spotlight has fallen on the off-site construction of modular homes. These buildings are constructed as much as possible in an off-site factory location, where a skilled workforce is permanently based, and quality can be controlled much more easily. The […]

Render of the exterior to a modern house

Progress in practice

In November 2019, the Energy House 2.0 project hosted its first workshop around energy efficient retrofit.  This was a very popular event with 21 delegates drawn from a variety of fields including property developers, architects and suppliers of retrofit technologies.  Hannah Dixon was one of the attendees and at the time was operating as a […]

A room containing a desk at a window with a blind pulled down

Harris Parts

For over 30 years, Harris Parts has been designing and manufacturing window blinds and associated components, supplying many of the major home furnishing retailers across the UK. Although this is a relatively mature market, Harris Parts continue to innovate to maintain their market position. Given environmental concerns and rising domestic energy prices, Harris Parts were keen to […]