In this article, Professor Richard Fenner, of the Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Cambridge explores best practice to ensure sustainability in infrastructure and suggests approaches to consider.
A specially equipped plane mounted with a thermal imaging camera flew over Leeds to capture data revealing insights into how much heat was being lost from the buildings below.
Sarah Heincke, Jukka Maksimainen, Daniel Pacthod, Humayun Tai, Sebastian Reiter and Michel Van Hoey of McKinsey & Company explore how the recirculation of carbon dioxide, materials and minerals, and energy can add €110bn of annual net value gain to the built environment by 2050.
Plans to install London Stadium’s solar membrane is an important landmark for renewables in the capital, but more needs to be done to drive adoption if we are to hit net zero targets, says Anthony Maguire, director of Longevity Power.
Balfour Beatty has secured a contract from National Grid worth £42 million for the construction of the Little Horsted Electricity Substation Grid Supply Point in East Sussex.
The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant will generate less CO2 emissions than other clean energy sources, and generate up to 7% of the UK's total electricity.
The GCCA’s 2050 Roadmap for Net Zero sets out a range of measures to accelerate the industry’s decarbonisation efforts. Dr Andrew Minson, GCCA concrete and sustainable construction director, discusses the sector’s progress.
Sustainable engineering company Hive Group has been appointed by Landsec to convert their Myo New Street Square site to an all-electric, flexible workspace.
Climate change is here, and the UK isn’t ready. But infrastructure owners and operators can play a key role in bridging the adaptation data gap, writes David Smith, fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
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As the environmental and financial costs of gas and oil boilers escalate, electric heat pumps have emerged as a promising eco-friendly heating solution – but they only go so far. We must integrate heat pumps with renewable energy sources and energy storage technology, creating a smart, adaptable and sustainable home energy system.
Architect Thomas Wiedmer, UK and Ireland technical director at insulation specialist Actis, examines the recent BRE report into poor housing and its impact on the NHS - and how the Future Homes Standard will help the nation’s physical wellbeing via strategic retrofitting.
