All net zero articles – Page 10
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Features
How construction can (help to) save the world, part 2
Continuing our series featuring proposals from industry experts on how to tackle the climate crisis with action, here are several that take a materials-focused approach
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News
Firms chasing spots on £750m retrofit framework
Four-year Fusion21 deal to be used for decarbonisation works on homes and schools
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Features
How construction can (help to) save the world
As part of our countdown to the Cop26 conference in Glasgow in November, we put out a call across the industry asking people to identify one idea that could effect positive change. This is the first in a series of their responses
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Features
Michael Gove and housing: what you need to know
Michael Gove is a political heavy-weight and household name, but what do we know about his views on housing, planning and the environment?
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Comment
Countdown to COP26: Timber is a panacea but use it wisely
Timber is widely regarded as the obvious solution in the quest for a sustainable construction material, but it is not as simple as thatÂ
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News
Enfield council’s energy firm awarded £24m to extend low-carbon heat network
Energetik will expand its existing network and and link up to the £1.2bn energy-from-waste facility at Edmonton Eco Park
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Comment
There is still (just about) time to modernise rather than die
Five years ago, my wake-up call to the industry was considered dramatic, but I fear I was not being bold enough. The industry’s underlying weaknesses are now more exposed than ever, says Mark Farmer
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Features
Wolfson College, Oxford: first-class graduates in energy efficiency
Wolfson College in Oxford has set out to cut 75% of emissions on its main estate by March next year and plans to be net zero by 2030
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News
Government publishes long-awaited hydrogen strategy
Plan includes grants to help building firms shift from fossil fuels
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News
Southampton airport expansion grounded after legal challenge
Campaign group said council had ’underplayed’ the scheme’s environmental impact
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Comment
Schools are leading the way to net zero
The rest of the industry is waking up to designing carbon-neutral buildings, but the education sector has been addressing energy efficiency for decades. Once the motive was cutting costs; now it is all about reducing emissions, Alan Fogarty writes
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News
Government in talks to bring back failed Green Homes Grant retrofit scheme
Business secretary admitted the scrapped £2bn programme had been ‘problematic’
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News
Heat pumps ‘won’t deliver’ with current technology, FMB warns
Group’s chief says green heating systems are ‘fraught with difficulties’
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Comment
Can every construction job become green?
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø pathways into green careers could do much to attract much-needed new workers into the sector, says CITB chief Sarah Beale
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News
Firms should face fines if they fail to remove 100% of their carbon emissions, government told
National Infrastructure Commission warns that Industries and taxpayers will need to pay £40bn a year on carbon removals by 2050
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Comment
Materials shortages should boost our green ambitions
The current scarcity of key carbon-intensive products is the catalyst we need to focus on building more sustainably, Richard Steer says
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News
Smart meters will not work in hydrogen-powered homes, business secretary admits
Kwasi Kwarteng rejects suggestion smart meter roll-out should be paused
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Comment
Eco-anxious young people will be the ones to clean up construction
The next generation have a vested interested in saving the planet, the industry must do all it can to harness that determination and drive
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News
CLC sets out plan to measure industry net zero progress
Organisation reveals 10 commitments it wants construction to meet in coming years