All Sustainability articles – Page 4
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NewsHinkley M&E contractors form new partnership
The firms will work together to complete the mechanical, engineering and heating works needed at the nuclear plant
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FeaturesSustainability: energy storage
Efficient energy storage to meet varying demand could be the key to delivering sustainable energy to buildings as the UK works to reduce its carbon emissions
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CommentCan’t stand the heat? Here’s how we can future-proof our buildings in a changing climate
Overheating represents a risk to the health and well-being of occupants of buildings - we need our new builds to be resilient
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FeaturesWhy aren't we building more zero-bills homes?
Building caught up with Bill Dunster to chat about the ideas in his new book, Zed Life: How to Build a Low-Carbon Society Today
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CommentDealing with uncomfortably high - and low - temperatures in buildings: an increasingly common problem
Overheating in homes and commercial property is a real problem now - and it’s not going away any time soon
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NewsBalfour Beatty set to hook Hinkley Point C to the grid
Contractor will create a new 8.5km long cable route
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NewsIndustry hits back at calls for government to scrap modular housing funding
A report from the Environmental Audit Committee said factory-built homes were more prone to overheating and should therefore not receive government funding.
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CommentLow carbon technologies: how do we ensure installed performance?
Terry Keech says it’s time to end the disconnect between ‘intended performance’ and ‘actual performance’ of low carbon technologies installed in social housing
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CommentThere is only one path to decarbonising heat – we must realise that now
The only way to decarbonise heat generation is by going all-electric, says Barny Evans. And we need to start working on it now.
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FeaturesNuclear energy: Gone with the wind
The National Infrastructure Commission’s landmark report this month seemed to sound the death knell for nuclear energy new-build, calling for a large-scale shift to renewables by 2050 – and for only one more nuclear power station approval by 2025. But are we really likely to get 90% of Britain’s electricity ...
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine blames EfW jobs for £23m loss
Bloomburg HQ contractor confirms it is pulling out of the Energy from Waste market
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NewsWylfa nuclear plant accepted for planning
The Planning Inspectorate has formally accepted plans of the Anglesey plant for consideration
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CommentThe state of green infrastructure in the UK
The emergence of Green Infrastructure (GI) is breathing new life into our concrete jungle, with the government and local authorities proposing major investment to make our cities and towns greener than ever before
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FeaturesThe Active Office - an energy-positive building
The UK’s first energy-positive office, which generates more solar energy than it consumes, opened today at Swansea University
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FeaturesSustainability: modular construction
How can developers get the most from modular construction while effectively managing its risks?
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FeaturesInterserve: Waste not, want not
Interserve’s energy-from-waste crisis has prompted fears of another Carillion-style collapse, as the company takes drastic action to rebalance the books
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FeaturesSustainability: The London Plan
Clara Bagenal George of Elementa Consulting and Adam Mactavish of Currie Brown review the energy policies in the draft new London Plan and assess their implications for new development
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CommentSolving the CO2 problem: Buildings in a post-carbon world
Reducing CO 2 emissions has long been top of the agenda across sectors. But do we now have the tools to fundamentally solve this problem? Barny Evans thinks so
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CommentESOS phase 2 - the answer could be right in front of you
Phil Draper from Cavendish Engineers on phase 2 of the government’s Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme and the benefits for UK companies as we countdown to Brexit