July 17th, 2023
F&G Properties and The Private Rental Sector
You can download and keep a copy of this article originally written in 2017. It has been updated by Sava’s Dr Lisa Blake and residential surveyor Tim Kenny to reflect recent changes to…
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June 16th, 2023
Hydrogen heating – a silver bullet or hot air?
At present, the space heating of homes accounts for roughly 14% of the UK’s annual emissions. If we are to meet our 2050 net zero target, home heating must be decarbonised. With 83%…
February 11th, 2023
Domestic Battery Storage
Johnnie Leather discusses the prospect of using domestic battery storage to power our homes and how they can help combat the ongoing energy crisis. The use of batteries in our society is now…
February 10th, 2023
Climate Change – How it Affects Our Homes
After a year of extreme weather events and in the month that the RICS launched its revised consumer guide on flooding warning that extreme flooding could become more common in the UK due…
February 10th, 2023
Reducing Demand for Energy in Residential Properties by 2035
To prevent global climate temperatures from surpassing 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, most countries signed the Paris Climate Agreement. For this agreement to be met there is a need for every nation to massively…
February 10th, 2023
Safety Glass – Types, Standards, and Reporting
In this article, we look at some of the different types of glass used in residential property, the standards of safety glass, and the reporting requirements of residential surveyors. Why is safety glass…
September 10th, 2022
Underfloor Spray Foam Insulation
Waltham Forest Borough Council has recently undertaken a comprehensive retrofit of energy efficiency measures on a property at 47 Greenleaf Road, a typical Victorian end terrace property in Walthamstow, east London. Built in…
August 17th, 2022
Lime Mortar
In this article, Bernie Smith MCABE. C Build E. FCIOB reviews the past use of lime mortar and explains the different types available and their benefits. He also shares two interesting case studies…
August 17th, 2022
Heat Pumps – The Future for Home Heating
In September 2020, the NHBC Foundation published a guide called “The Future for Home Heating – life without fossil fuels” [ref. NF87], which was researched and written by Dr Neil Cutland, then of…
August 11th, 2022
EPCs and Home Surveys
In this article, residential surveyor and domestic energy assessor, Tim Kenny, considers the introduction of the RICS Home Survey Standard and the advice surveyors can give to clients in their home surveys in…