The Green Deal aims to retrofit 14 million homes in a decade and create 250,000 green jobs in the process.

Find out about Jablite Dynamic Cavity wall insulation which uses dynamic air flow to increase efficiency and reduce U-values. Air moving through the Jablite Dynamic Cavity insulation recycles heat loss back inside the building.

Many of you will already have heard of the Green Deal but will not clear exactly what it is and why the government is introducing it.

From the end of 2012 there will be big changes. Householders want to be energy efficient and Government schemes can help, but they can be confusing!

... or The consequence was we didn’t get the extension done.

There are two sides to every story and that’s the case with 'consequential improvements'.

Ecobuild is just huge this year and as always there are some really interesting stands. But here are some top tips on orientation:

• Most people enter from the West side of Excel (Custom House station)
• Remember if the stand you are visiting is North (left ) or South (Right)
• Doors have number and letter e.g. N1 is North 1 – the first door on the left

A number of stories have been flying around about the Green Deal. Most are misleading and some are downright wrong.  The debate was about consequential improvements – this applies to significant improvements to a property.

There is an incredible amount of whingeing about the Green Deal going on. Whether you work in insulation as I do or simply believe we should be hitting our carbon saving targets ask yourself...

Do I want the Green Deal to ahead? – answer with a simple yes or no - right – that was easy.

Our Polytheme blogger ponders why we are failing to build the required -  230,00 - homes a year...

We’ve recently commissioned research into the flat roof market and some interesting trends have been highlighted...