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BRE responds to the UK Spring budget

Tackling cold homes would save the NHS £540mn per year, new BRE research reveals

BRE supports Sustainable Energy Association’s decarbonisation report
Poor housing costs the NHS £1.4bn a year
The BRE report ‘The Cost of Poor Housing in England’ quantifies the cost burden to the NHS that is caused by hazards in poor quality homes in England. Our findings reveal that 2.6 million homes in England, 11% of the country’s housing stock, are categorised as ‘poor quality’.
According to BRE’s analysis, more than half (£857 million) of this annual NHS treatment bill can be attributed to defects in homes which expose residents to excess cold, while the second biggest cost to the NHS comes from hazards which cause people to fall and injure themselves, often on staircases.

New Home Quality Mark puts consumers at the heart of house building

New guidance released on bridging the energy performance gap in buildings

BRE Global and US-based certification body to mutually recognise Environmental Product Declarations

BREEAM buildings take centre stage at CIBSE Building Performance Awards

BRE collaborates with US energy efficiency retrofit specialist Green Generation Solutions

BRE Wales & partners win DECC funding to develop heat network innovation

BT Redcare’s alarm signalling products get LPCB approval

BRE Chief Executive named Honorary Fellow by Institution of Structural Engineers

New Chair and Vice-Chair announced for open BIM body BuildingSMART UK

First BREEAM Outstanding for high-rise office building in China

Did you know ESOS will affect an estimated 10,000 organisations across the UK?
Frameworks to build a better Britain
Frameworks to build a better Britain is a BRE series of roundtables and interviews with planners, architects, policy-makers, and construction experts about the future of the built environment.
Read our latest roundtable discussion, hosted in Manchester on the question: How can Britain’s Built Environment Tackle Social Exclusion?
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