Offsite spend to increase 20% up to 2023Writing in Construction Manager, Will Mann reports recent research showing that more than two-thirds of housebuilders are investing in modular construction, as the sector aims to improve standards and energy efficiency.Lloyds Bank findingThe survey by Lloyds Bank of more than 100 homebuilders found that they plan to increase […]
Archives for April 2018
DIY Home Layouts – Urban Splash
‘Noddy Box” alternativeConceived as an alternative to the “Noddy boxes” offered by many volume housebuilders, developers Urban Splash teamed up with architects ShedKM in aneffort to combine the cost benefits of modular construction with the flexibility offered by architect-designed properties.Residents IdeasTermed simply “House”, residents were invited to plan the layouts of these new homes in […]
In-House Generation – University of Exeter
Solar Panels Redundant?Buildings could soon be able to convert the sun’s energy into electricity without the need for solar panels, thanks to innovative new technology.Net Zero Energy BuildingsRenewable Energy experts from the University of Exeter are developing a pioneering new technique that could accelerate the widespread introduction of net-zero energy buildings through the latest Building […]
The WELL Standard – International Well Building Institute
RecapLast week’s Weekly Insight, which illustrated how and why wood buildings are healthier, cited a relatively new international organisation, the WELL BUILDING INSTITUTE. Having received numerous queries about who and what this is, this week’s edition looks more deeply into this and what it is doing. Although currently primarily applied to commercial and public buildings, […]
Big Future for Little Homes – AustinInno USA
Sub Title Kasita – a Start UpIn January 2015, Brent Wistrom, wrote in AustnInno about a new start-up that had raised over $1m for micro homes, as referred to in last week’s Weekly Insight. At that time, ‘Professor Dumpster’, the founder and CEO, was in a’ helluva good mood’. He’d got his shoes kicked off, […]
New relevance for ‘Micro-homes’? – Construction Buzz
Potential Planning ChangesFebruary’s ‘leak’ that Government is considering amending Planning Law to permit presumed consent for householdersto add another 2 floors on top of their houses, puts ‘micro’ homes firmly in the picture. Although an article inUK Construction Week’s ‘Construction Buzz’ wonders who would buy them, as reported several times in these insights , they […]
