As the construction sector grapples with mounting pressure to address environmental concerns, London’s pioneering approach to managing emissions from construction equipment is setting new standards for the industry, writes James Bellinger, associate director at Arup.
The HS2 trial, carried out in partnership with Imperial College London and Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), measured tail-pipe emissions to determine the potential benefits of using alternative fuels when compared to red diesel.
The NHBC Foundation has published a new report looking at one of the critical aspects that housebuilders and developers will need to consider as the UK aims to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Joint venture partners Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and property developer HBD have secured detailed planning permission for Island, their 100,000 sq ft office building in Manchester city centre.
Builders working on a 6,700 sq ft barrel-roofed house in the Cotswolds say the Actis Hybrid insulation products they installed in it are ‘the best thing since sliced bread’.
Glasgow City Council has launched its 'Greenprint for Investment', a portfolio of investment projects designed to give a significant boost to the city's target to reach net-zero by 2030.
West Fraser has been independently audited and verified so that all the portfolios of engineered wood panels have been certified as net carbon negative.
In advance of COP26, Balfour Beatty has launched the first in a series of innovative solutions and learnings to support the construction and infrastructure industry in reaching net zero carbon emissions.
There is an urgent need for products and businesses to achieve carbon neutrality. West Fraser has gone significantly further and is now net carbon negative.
Ingleton Wood has been selected by The EV Network to develop a major rollout of ultra-fast charging stations on key road networks and locations across the UK.
270,000 homes need to be retrofitted every year until 2035 to meet the government's Clean Growth Strategy. Gary Cawley, director of CPC, explores what you can do to start your retrofit journey.
Vital Energi has partnered with Danfoss and Camden Council to reduce carbon consumption at Oakshott Court through the installation of a revolutionary Leanheat artificial intelligent software technology.
Retirement Villages Group's 196-home mixed-use development at West Byfleet, Surrey, will be the 'UK’s first net zero carbon' scheme over its whole development and operational lifespan.
A disused doctors' surgery in a Cornish fishing village is to be given a new lease of life into five, thermally efficient apartments, thanks to Actis’ Hybrid insulation.
Whitetail Clean Energy (Whitetail) has appointed Atkins to support the development and implementation of its proposed 300-megawatts NET Power station at Wilton International, Teesside.
Only 5,600 of the expected 82,500 jobs were created under the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme and £314m of the £1.5bn has been spent, according to a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO).
