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BRE comments on the UK’s Energy Bill
BRE’s research and expertise supports Defra’s indoor air quality report
How BREEAM can help organisations fulfil EU Taxonomy requirements
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.
BRE helps to launch Home of 2030 competition to address the grand challenges of future housing needs
BRE appoints Piers White MBE as new Chair
BRE welcomes green housing revolution
BRE invites construction industry professionals to discuss their fight against modern slavery
Gillian Charlesworth leads senior built environment experts in a debate on Wales’ housing challenges
Over £1 billion lost every year due to false alarms
BRE Group welcomes new Non-Executive Director
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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