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Bright new future for combined Catapults

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Bright new future for combined Catapults

Future Cities and Transport Systems Catapults have united to form Connected Places Catapult. The new Catapult, which came into being on April 1st, combines the strengths and knowledge of the former Catapults to create new opportunities, building on the innovative programme of projects around the digital built environment and the future of mobility.

Nov 13

City<sup>x</sup>– The Connected Places Business Expo 2019

Events

Cityx - The Connected Places Business Expo 2019

Cityx is a two day expo organised by Connected Places Catapult taking place at the Urban Innovation Centre in London from 13 – 14 November 2019.
Blog – Housing Innovation Week: What we learned about the future of housing

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Blog - Housing Innovation Week: What we learned about the future of housing

On 23 September 2019, Connected Places Catapult launched its first Housing Innovation Week. The aim of this series of events was to explore the future of housing in collaboration with a diverse group of stakeholders. As Connected Places Catapult continues to delve into the housing sector, we are prioritising the role that technology and innovation play in redefining housing as an adaptable support system for the UK population.
Blog – Homes for healthy ageing: Understanding the challenges

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Blog - Homes for healthy ageing: Understanding the challenges

With its rapidly ageing population, the failure to provide enough age-friendly homes is fast becoming a further facet to the housing crisis in the UK. To tackle this we need a better understanding of ageing and the challenges it poses to our housing infrastructure. As part of our Future of Housing blog series and to complement CPC’s Housing Innovation Week, Bin Guan, Built Environment Researcher at Connected Places Catapult discusses the challenges we face in providing homes for an increasingly ageing population.
Blog – The HACT UK Housing Data Standard: Thoughts on the implementation of this new standard

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Blog - The HACT UK Housing Data Standard: Thoughts on the implementation of this new standard

This entry in our Future of Housing guest blog series has been provided by HACT, the Housing Associations' Charitable Trust. HACT is the sector’s ideas and innovation agency. It is developing a UK Housing Data Standard, the aim of which is to revolutionise how UK housing uses data and designs digital processes in the future. It has been authored by Neil Tamplin, IT/Digital Delivery Manager at Valleys To Coast.
Blog – Future homebuilding: How do we engage younger generations to disrupt the housing space?

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Future homes: How do we engage younger generations to disrupt the housing space?

In another guest blog as part of our Future of Housing series, Mark Southgate, Chief Executive of the Ministry of Building Innovation and Education (MOBIE), highlights the crucial importance of attracting young people to design, manufacture and build the homes of the future, the homes that they will all be living in for years to come.

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