Energy News

The team at Buro Happold examine what is needed to answer the UK's housing crisis- and how retrofitting can help make use of over one million empty homes.

Martin Huber, CEO and co-founder of 3D modelling and spatial data company Metaroom by Amrax, discusses why VR and AI visualisation will be key enablers of Britain’s’ retrofit revolution.

Stacey Lucas, president of the BCIA, discusses the ways smart buildings can help lower the built environment's carbon output.

A new report has found that using waste such as clay and brick dust in cement production can reduce embodied carbon by up to 3%.

The Institute of Civil Engineers has launched a survey amongst its members to analyse the carbon impact of its enabling infrastructure works.

NeoCarbon have opened a new lab to test their sorbents and upgrade their carbon capture retrofit technology.

Balfour Beatty's M77 Hydrogen project is underway, retrofitting heavy vehicles to take hydrogen fuel and promoting decarbonisation.

NBS has released their latest research into greener projects, confirming that their numbers are increasing over time.

The importance of accelerating grid connections for planned renewable generators, such as solar and wind farms, has never been greater. However, the current system for grid connection approvals is delaying many projects, often unnecessarily. New regulations, known as TMO4+, due to come into force in January 2025 aim to accelerate the UK’s net zero transition by 10 years. Phillip Robinson of ITPEnergised takes a look.

The National Grid could struggle to supply electricity when power-hungry AI servers take a central role in society, and the UK will need many more skilled, highly qualified electrical apprentices to cope.

Forbes International Tower, set to be the first net-zero tower in the region, will start construction next year.

Ofgem have given the go-ahead for the Eastern Green Link, a huge power cable between England and Scotland to take advantage of wind power.

As parts of the UK see the hottest day of the year so far, Actis Insulation products not only retain heat in the winter- but reflect it in the summer.

The retrofit report follows a roundtable event led by the University of Roehampton, discussing retrofit recommendations for South London.

The new Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has already begun making bold policy gestures around its new industrial strategy. Charles Deacon, managing director at Eclipse Power Solutions, explains why grid infrastructure must be a priority.

Akanksha Khatri, of the the World Economic Forum, looks at new guidance for the cement and concrete industry for a “nature-positive” economy.

Graphene@Manchester have received a fund of £400,000 from Innovate UK to boost their development and production of sustainable concrete.

Zehnder Group UK and CIBSE Journal have released a study into understanding of overheating homes, finding majority do not understand.

Fred Lee, senior counsel at Farrer & Co, examines how proposed legislative reforms can promote more sustainable tenanted buildings.

A new report from the NHBC Foundation explores the UK’s progress towards adopting a Passivhaus standard, the barriers that remain in house building and the cultural shift required to embed the approach in new homes.