This past year has seen the inflation of energy and fuel prices soar to some of the highest rates we’ve seen. Now as Russia invades Ukraine, the energy crisis stands to inevitably escalate as more economic sanctions are put in place.
The World Cement Association (WCA) has announced that it is welcoming Dutch cleantech company Aeroborn as an associate corporate member to its international community.
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a study showing how housing developers can achieve a 20% embodied carbon reduction on low-rise residential developments through some simple and cost-effective masterplan-level design interventions.
Tarmac has trialled a new innovative low carbon concrete solution with Align, the joint venture delivering the Central 1 (C1) section of HS2 Phase One.
COWI has been contracted by Empire Offshore Wind, in a joint venture between Equinor and BP, to deliver a turnkey design for the wind turbine foundations for the Empire Wind projects off the coast of Long Island, New York.
Scotland Excel has announced the 37 businesses who have secured a place on their national energy efficiency contractors framework, which aims to support Scotland’s councils in achieving net zero.
Ben Griffiths, SHE and operations director, Rye Group, looks at the ways construction and demolition companies are keeping their operations environmentally friendly, despite the perception that they can do little to be green.
Andrew Tyson, executive director of project and construction management, The Red Sea Development Company, discusses why lean and green techniques should be favoured in the procurement process when it comes to selecting project partners.
Turner & Townsend have been appointed under new industrial decarbonisation contract to install Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) technology at Viridor's Energy from Waste facility at Runcorn.
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is pushing for a national programme of building retrofits to address the massive surge in energy prices.
It has been reported that in value terms, 79% of energy generation projects over the past five years have been related to renewable energy sources – with 21% of these representing gas and nuclear energy.
James Bennett, commercial director of systems and services at Signify UK & Ireland, explains why switching to energy-efficient connected LED lighting will help countries meet their net zero targets.
Philipp Furler and Gianluca Ambrosetti, co-founders and CEOs of Synhelion, explain how solar heat can be used to reduce carbon emissions during cement production.
