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Net zero built environment

Better incentives crucial for built environment’s net zero transition

The built environment will be crucial in achieving the transition to net zero – but businesses need a blueprint for the way forward and better incentives to undertake the necessary investments, argues Steve McGregor of DMA Group.
Future of the office

The future of the office: Sustainability, size and “spread-ability”

As we slowly start to emerge from Covid-19 to a "new normal", the way people view their working habits is changing. Rory Doak of Stora Enso argues there is now an important opportunity to rethink the office environment.
Structural Insulated Panel manufacturer

The future of building is here!

Sips Eco is the UK’s premier award-winning Structural Insulated Panel manufacturer, designing and manufacturing highly energy efficient homes across the UK and Europe.
net zero buildings,

Net zero for existing buildings: Fabric First investigation

How can greenhouse gas emissions from the built environment be neutralised in order to meet the UK’s net zero ambitions?
SIPs users

SIPs advice from some of the UK’s most experienced professional users

We hear from experienced SIPs users who nearly always buy SIPs from leading British manufacturer Hemsec - for very good reasons, as they explain.
offsite alliance event

Solve the housing crisis without risking further climate damage, warns Sir...

Britain must solve its housing crisis without putting climate at risk, warned the UK's former chief scientific advisor, Sir David King, at an Offsite Alliance event.
Mersey heat, vital energi

Go-ahead for next phase of Mersey Heat network

Liverpool City Council has approved plans to connect the next phase of Peel NRE’s Mersey Heat.
CSIC Scotland, built environment

CSIC appoints three industry experts to governance board

Ainslie McLaughlin, Michaela Sullivan and Karyn Watt have joined the CSIC governance board to help drive innovation across Scotland’s built environment and support the sector’s sustainable recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Net-zero school, wates, Department of Education

Wates and DfE begins work on first net-zero schools

Wates Group will use modern methods of construction to build some of the UK’s first net-zero schools, supporting the country’s ambitious climate goals.
Greenprint for Investment, Glasgow

Glasgow launches £30bn ‘Greenprint for Investment’

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.
Women into trades, careers in construction,

Places for People launches women into trade programme

Places for People Group has launched a new initiative that will help young women establish careers in construction.
flood barrier solution

Partnership to develop sustainable flood barrier solution

Aquobex has partnered with HydroGuard to develop the first lightweight, compact, and simple-to-use sustainable flood barrier solution.
net carbon negative, Wood product,

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.
retrofit

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.
Hinkley t-pylon, T-pylons, electricity pylon,

Balfour Beatty builds world’s first T-pylon for Hinkley

The world’s first T-pylon, the first new design for an electricity pylon in Great Britain for nearly a century, has been erected in Somerset.
Teesside turbine, Dogger Bank, wind, farm

Go-ahead for Teesside turbine manufacturing plant

GE Renewable Energy has received planning approval for its Teesside offshore wind blade manufacturing plant, creating job opportunities for the community.
net zero carbon scheme, Retirement Villages Group

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.
materials shortage

‘Sector needs help’: Materials shortage hampers housebuilding

The materials shortage is halting the government’s housebuilding and construction ambitions and the sector needs help, warns the National Federation of Builders (NFB).
hybrid insulation

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.
housing crisis

The future of housebuilding and construction

In this new ebook, the Access Group argues that the lack of supply, when combined with emerging challenges and barriers at home and internationally, mean the construction industry must now accept that the old ways of working alone are not going to solve the problem.

Modern Methods for modern projects: How MMC enhance construction techniques

Derek Orr, Balfour Beatty’s project director of new nuclear and major projects, discusses the company’s approach to offsite manufacturing, DfMA and looks at how this was applied on the Hinkley nuclear plant project.
construction training centre

First learners welcomed at ‘Future of Construction’ Training Centre

Winvic Construction and IM Properties have welcomed the first learners inside its new ‘Future of Construction’ training centre in Leicestershire.
net zero real estate

Why net zero and green tech early adoption are the perfect...

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

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.
Care home in Bromley

Green light for £30m care home scheme in Bromley

Savista Developments has received planning permission to transform St Raphael’s care home in Bromley into a new care home on behalf of Hallmark Care Homes.
wheatley sustainability

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’.