Changes to the Energy Performance Certificates open data service

An example of an energy performance certificate

The Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) open data service has been improved incrementally over the years. Another round of improvements has been applied in January 2024 and you can read about it in this post.

Migrating our data from GOV.UK Platform as a Service (PaaS) to Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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After learning that GOV.UK’s hosting platform PaaS is being decommissioned, the Energy Performance of Buildings Register team decided to migrate all their hosting to AWS. In this post, Barry, Developer, explains what they did.

DLUHC Innovation Squads: developing our HR chatbot from problem to vision to solution

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Our first Innovation Squad, a team of colleagues from different specialisms across the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), apply creativity and novel thinking to improve processes across the organisation. In this post, they share how they built on their initial successes and the role of good content in further enhancing user experience …

Local Digital evaluation study: a snapshot of our initial findings

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In March, we commissioned an independent evaluation of the Local Digital programme to understand the impact and value-for-money of the support we offer to local government. Read some of the interesting findings from our evaluation activities so far.

Our first Innovation Squad: experimenting with AI and chatbots

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The Innovation Squads team deliver a show and tell to DLUHC colleagues

Government always seeks new ways to increase efficiency, solve problems and make improvements. In our department, we continually drive process improvements through multiple initiatives. In this post, we’ll talk about our latest initiative: Innovation Squads.