Last year’s top stories on Buildingtalk plus what’s new in building

Round-up of latest construction industry news

Howard Chapman, Editor of Buildingtalk

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Most popular stories from 2014

• Grand design shipping container home
• Architectures weirdest buildings
• First full size printable wikihouse
• 75% energy savings via retrofit for hard to treat properties
• Record-breaking 22 balconies installed in one day
• Biomass installation with £57k ROI

Industry Hot Topics

• Dilemma facing suppliers of air conditioning now it is illegal to use the refrigerant R22 for service and maintenance purposes
• Tackling uninsulated party wall cavities
• How RHI schemes can benefit social housing
• Private sector house building rose by 20% last year but rental costs also continue to rise.
• New report looks at how to tackle affordability for tenants and taxpayers

Product & Project stories of the week

• UK properties and homes protected from floods by supersized Hydro-Brake
• New Google owned Nest Protect products from WF Senate
• New Hitachi 18V 2.5Ah Li-ion combi drill
• Protan single ply membrane for new roofs of award-winning development
• Accessible hygiene rooms for one of largest Grammar Schools in UK

Video of the Week

• How Bounce Back, a painting & decorating social enterprise promoted by Buildingtalk, is helping ex-offenders gain building industry skills that can change their lives.

Top Tweets from Buildingtalk

• Top 10 places to build a dream home in the UK
• Rents double. How do we tackle affordability & get better deal for tenants & taxpayers? New report.
• School buildings now constructed for one third less with 260 schools in England being refurbished or rebuilt via Government £2.4b fund
• Crumbling Houses of Parliament falling down
• Private sector house-building is up nearly 20% last year says latest NHBC figures
• See the 5 best buildings of 2014

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