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Designing Buildings has 25 knowledge hubs where you can find introductions to our main subject areas and links to key articles that will help you learn more
The site also includes 6 microsites - mini wikis about specialist subjects. Created with our partners, they provide easy access to curated knowledge about particular aspects of the built environment:
Features and news
Ireland's National Residential Retrofit Plan
Staged initiatives introduced step by step.
Solar panels, pitched roofs and risk of fire spread
60% increase in solar panel fires prompts tests and installation warnings.
Modernising heat networks with Heat interface unit
Why HIUs hold the key to efficiency upgrades.
Reflecting on the work of the CIOB Academy
Looking back on 2025 and where it's going next.
Procurement in construction: Knowledge hub
Brief, overview, key articles and over 1000 more covering procurement.
Sir John Betjeman’s love of Victorian church architecture.
Exchange for Change for UK deposit return scheme
The UK Deposit Management Organisation established to deliver Deposit Return Scheme unveils trading name.
A guide to integrating heat pumps
As the Future Homes Standard approaches Future Homes Hub publishes hints and tips for Architects and Architectural Technologists.
BSR as a standalone body; statements, key roles, context
Statements from key figures in key and changing roles.
ECA launches Welsh Election Manifesto
ECA calls on political parties at 100 day milestone to the Senedd elections.
Resident engagement as the key to successful retrofits
Retrofit is about people, not just buildings, from early starts to beyond handover.
Plastic, recycling and its symbol
Student competition winning, M.C.Esher inspired Möbius strip design symbolising continuity within a finite entity.
Do you take the lead in a circular construction economy?
Help us develop and expand this wiki as a resource for academia and industry alike.
Warm Homes Plan Workforce Taskforce
Risks of undermining UK’s energy transition due to lack of electrotechnical industry representation, says ECA.
Cost Optimal Domestic Electrification CODE
Modelling retrofits only on costs that directly impact the consumer: upfront cost of equipment, energy costs and maintenance costs.
The Warm Homes Plan details released
What's new and what is not, with industry reactions.
Around the web
Updated Contract Administration Forms now available for England and Wales.
Roadmap for Section 106 delivery in England.
Regulator of Social Housing publishes the Rent Standard 2026.
Construction Management, 29 Jan
How to build social value on construction sites: three industry exemplars.
Warm Homes Plan risks undermining UK’s energy transition due to lack of electrotechnical industry representation, says ECA.
CIAT analysis of the government's Warm Homes Plan.
Welcome to the ASBP Interactive House!
BSI consultation on new standard for audio systems for emergency communication.
ICE Northern Ireland roundtable explores infrastructure priorities.
Council on Training in Architectural Conservation (COTAC) publishes Understanding and Appreciating the Region of East Anglia.
Material Supply Chain Group Statement.
Planning reform and design guidance workshops: Your views sought.
The latest upcoming courses, CPD resources, skills development, in-house training, qualifications and membership.
RIBA calls for a competence-led approach to architects’ regulation.
Landscape Institute launches new carbon-reduction tools and resources.
ENA consultation on change to lower statutory voltage limit.
Chartered Week 2026 Employer Webinar.
Response to MHCLG reforms to the statutory consultee system.
Factors to ensure smooth heat pump transition for households at risk of fuel poverty.