Housing

New technology home heating trails proving a success in GM

In Buildings, Energy, Housing and Society on 25.01.2017
Contributed by Tina Bugliosi

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is working with Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) on one of the most significant heat pump trials in the UK for domestic homes.

A warm home for winter

In Buildings and Housing on 05.12.2016
Contributed by Anonymous (not verified)

Hundreds of residents in Wigan are enjoying warmer homes and reduced fuel bills this winter thanks to a successful energy efficiency project.

A sustainability snapshot of Greater Manchester

In Buildings, Economy, Education, Energy, Food, Green & blue spaces, Housing, Living, Nature, Transport and Waste on 23.11.2016
Contributed by Mark Atherton

From Cottonopolis to an envisioned, thriving sustainable city: Greater Manchester has always dared to pioneer new innovation and technology.

Climate change and low emissions pathway mapped out for Greater Manchester

In Buildings, Economy, Energy, Food, Green & blue spaces, Health, Housing, Nature, Society, Transport and Waste on 16.11.2016
Contributed by Mark Atherton

In the month that the momentous Paris Agreement came into force, Greater Manchester has mapped out the region’s pathway to achieve its low carbon targets for 2020, with the publication of the GM Climate Change and Low Emission Implementation Plan.

COP 22 – The Marrakech Climate Change Conference of Action

In Buildings, Economy, Education, Energy, Food, Green & blue spaces, Housing, Living, Nature, Transport and Waste on 16.11.2016
Contributed by Mark Atherton

At this year's World Climate Change Conference, COP22, the groundbraking Paris Agreement was ratified.

Help to freeze out cold homes this winter

In Buildings, Energy and Housing on 01.11.2016
Contributed by Tina Gandhi

Greater Manchester’s leaders want to help freeze out cold homes this winter.

Temporary defences being tested by Environment Agency staff

New kit tested as part of major flood response exercise

In Buildings, Economy, Green & blue spaces, Housing, Nature and Transport on 18.10.2016
Contributed by Tina Bugliosi

Environment Agency teams across England are training with new temporary flood barriers, pumps, vehicles, and drones as part of Exercise Certus, which reached its climax last week. Teams from the Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire office in Warrington are testing the local response, using real time data, practicing our winter readiness and using real-life scenarios to replicate how a flooding incident plays out.