Urgent action is needed to boost retrofitting energy efficiency measures for homes in Scotland, says the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

Fuel bills are still sky-high, another winter is looming and the government is going cold on net zero. CM asked four housing experts what they would change to make our homes more energy efficient.

A British start-up has launched a satellite that can measure the heat output from any building on the planet from orbit.

The London council of Ealing has appointed McLaren Construction to deliver 188 new homes following the Passivhaus principles.

The Welsh government is showcasing technology to provide solar energy to blocks of flats and wants to encourage developers to install more.

Hydrogen will only have a “specific but limited” role in decarbonising the economy and is “not practically or economically viably” for heating homes in the short or medium term, MPs have concluded.

A 10-year assessment of the performance of one of the UK’s first rural affordable Passivhaus schemes has found that it is still performing as designed.

The UK government sees heat pumps as a key low-carbon energy technology, but they have come in for plenty of criticism. Luke Osborne explains how they work.

A concerted push on retrofitting the UK’s ageing housing stock could help to solve the energy crisis, argues Marek Suchocki.

The government has made £635m more funding available for public sector organisations in England to install low-carbon heating and other energy efficiency measures.

Existing government policy measures are “not sufficient” to drive the uptake of heat pumps and hydrogen boilers in either the short or medium term.

Colin Goodwin lists seven steps in the process of implementing a heat pump installation in a large non-domestic building.

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed an adaptable smart window coating that could reduce a home’s energy usage by up to a third.

Consultant Arcadis has recommended five ways to reduce energy usage, and consequently carbon emissions, after it predicted a second wave of inflation across a range of construction materials, driving by rising energy prices.

Local authorities and housing associations across England are being invited to bid for a share of £160m to boost the energy efficiency of their stock.