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Nature Restoration Fund established to improve environmental outcomes

Alongside the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, a Nature Restoration Fund has been established to protect the environment in housebuilding.

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Fusion21 begins hunt for contractors to join £750m decarbonisation framework

Fusion21 has begun the hunt for bidders to join its £750m national decarbonisation framework.

Kier trials use of HVO fuels on four sites

Kier trials use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuels across its construction business to help the company reach its net zero goals.

Balfour launches race to net zero carbon emissions

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.

Carbon neutral versus carbon negative: What is the difference?

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 to build ultra-fast electric vehicle charging network

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.

Start your retrofit journey here

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.

Energy efficiency tool boosts Camden’s low carbon future

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.

Later living scheme commits to net zero carbon over whole development

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.

Former Actis manager uses Hybrid range on Cornish developments

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.

Atkins appointed to Teesside NET Power station

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.

Green Homes Grant ‘set up to fail’, says NAO report

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).

EQUANS secures £31m low carbon Liverpool scheme

EQUANS has been appointed to a £31m contract to deliver a 10-storey, low carbon development in Liverpool City Centre on behalf of Home Group.

ISG begins works on Northumberland battery Gigaplant

ISG has begun enabling works on the Gigaplant site in Cambois, Northumberland which will create around 3,000 direct jobs.

Why net zero and green tech early adoption are the perfect real estate fit

Joseph Michael Daniels, CEO and founder of the Etopia Group, takes a look at why net zero and green tech early adoption are the perfect fit for real estate.

Enfield heat networks awarded £24m for major extensions

The Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) has awarded £24m of funding to Energetik to support two major extensions of its community heat networks across Enfield, London.

Wheatley to invest £100m for glazing, heating and insulation

Scottish social housing landlord, Wheatley has announced plans to invest £100m on sustainability initiatives for ‘greener homes, greener lives’.

How to procure energy efficiency works

The announcement of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund being available for up to 38,000 of the UK’s worst energy-performing social homes is welcome but leaves a bigger question in its place. How can these works be procured?

Green light for new eco village in Cambridge

Saunders’ eco-innovation business village centred on sustainable construction, cycling and walking has won unanimous planning approval.

England’s ‘leaky’ homes are greater threat to climate than cars, says NHF

England’s homes produce more carbon emissions every year than all of the country’s cars, new research from the National Housing Federation (NHF) has revealed.

Vital Energi to help lower London’s carbon footprint 

Vital Energi has been awarded a contract to save London 1,000 tonnes of carbon a year and help the city reach net zero carbon by 2027.

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