News from CEO – Mike Hopkins      Well, we’re certainly back in action. There have been numerous events and information sessions this week on the back of the CCC draft advice and the return of Parliament. One interesting snippet (from Minister Woods) from a session on Thursday was that the Government’s manifesto target of…

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins    Kia ora, A reminder to everyone about the two great webinars we have coming up on the 18th of this month and 15th of next. Covering safety and sustainability in design and passive house standards respectively, both offer a great, free opportunity to keep abreast of local and…

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins    Just for a change, we thought we’d start this week with some data around how we’re doing with our digital presence – and it doesn’t look at all bad. In the last 6 months our website took 10,000 hits from 7,100 users delivering 24,500 page views and our…

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins    Kia ora, Negotiators burnt the midnight oil at the end of last week to generate something from COP26 that everyone there could sign up to. While some may say the final agreement was watered down, others will point to the fact there was agreement and that it included…

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins      It seems we’ve recently passed a significant and sorry milestone in climate change with a report published this week by the Met Office (UK), using data from the Mauna Loa Observatory (Hawaii), indicating the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is now over 50% more than in…