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Dear Colleague,

Happy New Year and welcome to the January edition of the BSHF newsletter. This bulletin is circulated to our network of friends and professionals interested in innovative housing issues and we hope that you will enjoy reading about our recent activities.

 

Best wishes,

Diane Diacon
Director

The BSHF trustees have decided to increase both the research and communication activities of the organisation in 2012, and we will be recruiting two new posts in the coming year ... read

Upcoming international study visit, Mexico

An international study visit will be carried out in August 2012 to the Community Programme for Neighbourhood Improvement in Mexico City, winner of the 2011 World Habitat Award ... read

Sustainable Construction Training Awards

The 2011 BSHF Sustainable Construction Award winners at Stephenson College in Coalville are Chelsey White and James Toulouse, pictured with Mr Andrew Bacon, Chair of the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership ... read

You can now watch our new online video introducing the study visit to the Ekostaden Augustenborg project in Sweden which took place in May 2011 via our website ... read

New Publication: Homes of our times 

Research findings identify need for social housing landlords to be more proactive in communications to tenants around energy efficiency, particularly around less obvious issues such as heating control ... read

Follow the progress of the World Habitat Awards

For updates on the 2012 World Habitat Awards, information on innovative housing solutions and opportunities to visit winning projects, follow the World Habitat Awards on Facebook and Twitter