Martina Lees

A community in Birmingham came together to make hundreds of homes more energy efficient

Three leading disaster experts give tips on how to be prepared when the lights go out

At the University of Salford, the first results of a pioneering test of houses that can meet the demands of climate change are in

When the latest storm hit, the Thames burst its banks and our reporter Martina Lees’s street flooded. Her diary tells how she, her family and neighbours coped

A court victory could pave the way for building landlords to be ordered to pay for the costs of the building safety scandal — protecting homeowners and taxpayers

How to create more homes without concreting over our precious green spaces

New leasing models mean you don’t have to spend thousands of pounds upfront to cut your carbon footprint — and your energy bills

After recovering from a cardiac arrest, an architect’s parting gift was built with the care and attention he was known for

Building an eco-home that generates all its own energy is expensive, complicated and time-consuming — it shouldn’t be this way, says Martina Lees

Since Grenfell more than 15,000 people have been ordered to leave their unsafe homes. Many are living half-lives in hostels — and still paying the mortgage