Driving the future of green building: unlocking the potential of HVO biodiesel

By Sirio D’Aleo 2024-11-27T10:03:00

Provided we have processes in place to manage and mitigate the potential sustainability risks associated with its supply chain, the integration of HVO fuels will serve as a template for our adoption of future green technologies as we work towards our net zero goals

Achieving the government’s ambitions for growth while tackling climate change will be an enormous challenge over the coming years.

Our sector can play an important role in both areas. For this to be the case - from design through to groundbreaking and beyond final inspection into operation - each project stage needs to be driven by an awareness of carbon impact.

At Berkeley Group, we’ve been looking at the steps we can take to iteratively reduce our energy consumption and emissions from our sites, like early connection to the electricity grid to avoid generators and exploring whether welfare and site offices can be solar-powered.

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