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The Future Home Series Part 8: Beyond the Future Homes Standard

Over seven articles, we have explored how the Future Homes Standard is changing the way Britain builds, heats, powers and supplies water to its homes. But homes built today may still be standing a century from now. In the final part of our series, Shaun Warren asks whether designing for lower carbon is enough, or whether the Future Home must also be ready for a hotter, drier and more unpredictable world.

Shaun Warren

Aug 17, 2026

Thames Water’s £1 Million Question: Does It Understand the Mood of the Country?

In July, Thames Water asked millions of customers to restrict their water use as drought tightened its grip. In the same month, the heavily indebted utility paid its finance chief a £1 million signing payment. With its financial future uncertain and the new Prime Minister openly questioning the future of private water ownership, does the payment reveal something more troubling than executive excess: an extraordinary failure to read the room?

Ewan Burrowes

Aug 13, 2026

What This Summer's Drought Reveals About Our Relationship with Water

As drought conditions spread across much of the UK, rivers are shrinking, reservoirs are falling and millions of people are changing how they use water. Beyond the headlines and hosepipe bans lies a bigger story about how easily we overlook one of our most essential resources until it comes under pressure.

Shaun Warren

Aug 5, 2026

Future Homes Series Part 7: Powering the Future Home

Tomorrow's homes won't simply consume electricity. Increasingly they will generate it, store it and use it more intelligently, helping homeowners reduce costs while supporting a cleaner, more flexible energy system.

Shaun Warren

Aug 4, 2026

Future Home Series Part 6: Managing Every Drop

How Sustainable Drainage Systems, rainwater harvesting and water-smart design are helping tomorrow’s communities live alongside water, rather than simply trying to get rid of it.

Shaun Warren

Jul 27, 2026

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