Thermally separated solution
As the focus on climate change continues to grow so does the need for net zero buildings and improving our carbon footprint. GEZE’s ECdrive T2 automatic sliding doors with a thermally broken profile system – [read more…]
Sustainability
Red Diesel countdown: plant hire and construction sector urged to adopt cleaner fuel alternatives
With less than six months to go until red diesel users will be charged the full fuel tax to reflect on the emissions they produce, the MHM Group is urging industry leaders to adopt the [read more…]
Safety company, Arco, advances its ‘journey to zero’ with CO2 emissions strategy
Arco, the UK’s leading safety company, is now verified carbon neutral for its direct and indirect emissions from energy use in its UK operations, marking a key milestone in its journey and commitment to becoming net zero by 2045. As a family-run business, built on integrity and driven by [read more…]
Offsite – A view from the Construction Summit
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and the need to strengthen the response is now high on everyone’s global conscience. With this in mind, the construction industry needs to [read more…]
Energy certificates are ‘misleading’ tools for delivering zero carbon buildings
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are ‘misleading’ indicators of zero carbon buildings and should no longer be used as official guides to help lower emissions, it has been warned. New analysis by Ingleton Wood shows actual [read more…]
Collaboration aims to decarbonise communities
Morgan Sindall Construction is collaborating with contingency power specialists Aggreko in an attempt to decarbonise construction sites across the UK. According to the National Federation of Builders’ 2019 Carbon Report, the UK’s construction industry accounted [read more…]
Feasibility of net-zero 2050 questioned by built environment sector
Widespread scepticism around the government’s current net-zero strategy amongst built environment professionals has been revealed by new research with 69% doubting its feasibility. The findings, published in the City of Tomorrow report by building performance [read more…]
Building a substation the natural way
With a growing demand for increased biodiversity in all areas of construction, in this timely article, Brian Palmer, a Senior Civil Designer at Burns & McDonnell, looks at how substations can be built in a [read more…]
Government must have an industrial energy strategy
The construction industry is experiencing damaging material challenges due to worldwide shortages and rising costs of manufacture, raw materials, and shipping but energy prices may end up the nail in the coffin for many manufacturing [read more…]
Additional measures required to support heat and buildings strategy
The Government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy is a welcome development in decarbonising the UK heating sector, but must be supported by further policy if net zero is to be achieved, according to polymer pipework specialist [read more…]