The imminent revision to Part L of the Building Regulations requires a 25% reduction in the carbon emissions of new buildings. While many specifiers will choose to meet this target by including microgeneration technology, we at H+H are adamant that a clear focus on improving the performance of the building fabric is the better long-term solution. Changes to the way U values are calculated are hugely relevant... read more
Eurocodes: Big Bang or Damp Squib?
The introduction of the new Eurocodes in April this year was hardly treated as headline news, but the withdrawal of all conflicting BSI design standards and their replacement with the 10 new Eurocodes in 58 parts will have increasing impact over time.
Having been involved with the drafting of the Eurocodes for decades, H+H’s Cliff Fudge assesses their current and future significance for the UK... read more
Making the Sunday Times Green List
H+H has reached its highest position yet in the Sunday Times Best Green Companies listing having jumped twenty places in a year and being ranked number nine overall. We are the highest placed product manufacturer in a top ten that includes four companies focused on the building industry: a testament to just how seriously our sector is taking the green challenge.
A clear focus on the environmental impact of what we do is core to our business philosophy: but what does that actually mean, and how does it help our customers?... read more
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Betting on the Market
What is going on in the housebuilding sector? H+H UK MD, Mark Oliver shares his analysis of recent news and views... read more
Free Prize Draw - Reader Poll
When the building industry is not talking about the recession, it’s largely focused on green issues: but what do you really think about the targets and regulations so topical in 2010?
Just take five minutes to answer our reader’s poll: to help encourage you to participate, we are entering all those who do into our prize draw. First prize an ipod Touch... enter now
The Merchant Offer
For over fifty years H+H has been supplying its aircrete products to the UK market exclusively via the builders merchants – so what’s new? Find out more about what the company’s offer is to the merchant customers... read more
Public Sector Housing Embraces Aircrete
A recently completed development of 28 affordable homes by Wates Living Space has used the Ra Build method. The developer had a preference for a masonry solution and was able to justify its specification on cost grounds thanks to detailed cost comparison data complied by calfordseaden. Download a case study of this project (PDF 572KB).
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