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A severe housing crisis in the UK is driving inequality, climate change, low productivity growth, obesity, and even falling fertility rates (J. Myers et al. 2021, Works in Progress). Government targets of 300,000 homes/yr, are unlikely to be met, and too low - they would take half a century to address the current 4.3mn home backlog (S. Watling et al. 2023...

To achieve the UK Government net-zero ambition requires an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050\. Decarbonising domestic buildings is essential, as heating homes accounts for 7% of the UK's total energy demand. Heat-flux sensors measure heat transfer rate through surfaces, like walls and windows, to find the 'U-value' (i.e., thermal conductivity) of ...

PROBLEM The Clean Growth Strategy unequivocally identified decarbonising heat as the UK's greatest challenge in meeting carbon targets, emphasising the urgent need for action and innovation. Efficient new builds will have limited impact due to slow stock replacement rates, thus the challenge lies in retrofitting the existing inefficient stock. Solid wall ...

Greater Manchester (GM) has world class research capability in developing advanced materials and has a growing materials innovation cluster within the city region. Globally there is a gap in companies able to provide sustainable materials for manufacturing supply chains, and also a market failure in industries ability to scale up and adopt sustainable mat...

Vector Homes has designed a new residential building system using their innovative nanomaterial enhanced recycled material panels which can be easily bolted to a rapidly assembled steel frame, forming a thermally efficient home. Together, the Vector Homes unique materials and design will deliver NetZero housing without compromising on cost and quality. Th...

Wider environmental considerations will transform what we build, the materials we use, and how we build. In 2019-20, the total housing stock in England increased by around 244,000 homes, approximately 1% higher than the previous year. The number of new homes supplied annually has been growing for several years but is still lower than estimated need. In ad...