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Floating Solar Farms: The 23% Growth Story Solving Land Scarcity and Water Conservation
Floating arrays are growing 23% a year, freeing up land and cutting evaporation from the water beneath them. How floatovoltaics work.
9 June 2025
A Partnership Approach: Working with Housing Associations and Local Authorities
How we work with social landlords: open stakeholder engagement, reporting you can act on, and partnerships that outlast one project.
8 June 2025
Green Hydrogen's Industrial Breakthrough: Sweden's Stegra Plant and the Dawn of Zero-Emission Steel
Sweden's Stegra plant is making steel without the emissions, backed by a $7bn bet on green hydrogen. How the process works.
27 May 2025
Large-Scale Retrofit Projects: Our Expertise in the Social Housing Sector
Delivering retrofit at scale for housing associations, with the project management and tenant liaison that keeps it running.
27 May 2025
Meeting Government Energy Efficiency Targets in Social Housing
EPC C by 2030, the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, and practical routes to compliance for social landlords.
27 May 2025
The Challenge of Fuel Poverty: How We Help Social Housing Providers
Fuel poverty in UK social housing: who it hits, what regulation now requires, why retrofit at scale is hard, and how we deliver it.
26 May 2025
Solar Technology Breakthroughs: From 28.6% Perovskite Cells to Building-Integrated Photovoltaics
Perovskite cells have reached 28.6% efficiency, and building-integrated photovoltaics turn surfaces into generation. What is coming.
14 May 2025
How CRG Direct Tailors a Heating System Design to Your Home and Lifestyle
How we design heating around your layout, your routine and your budget, rather than fitting the same system to every property.
13 May 2025
Future-Proofing Your Home with a Well-Designed Heating System
Designing a heating system that still suits your home in ten years, and stays ready for heat pumps, renewables and smart controls.
5 May 2025
Heat Pump Savings in the UK: What You'll Really Save in 2026
What a heat pump really saves in the UK once you count the £7,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant and 0% VAT, and what installation costs.
1 May 2025
Room-by-Room Heat Loss Calculations: The Foundation of Good Design
Why good design starts with heat loss per room: U-values, ventilation rates and thermal bridging, and what happens if you skip it.
30 April 2025
Designing a Heating System for a Heat Pump vs. a Boiler
Why a heat pump system is designed differently to a boiler one: flow temperatures, radiator sizing, controls, and designing for a later retrofit.
26 April 2025
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