embodied carbon Archives

Webinar covering asset decarbonisation through reuse of key materials

|Date: 22 April, 2024

Webinar covering asset decarbonisation through reuse of key materials

The best way to minimise carbon emissions is, where possible, to repurpose buildings and the materials th ...

The best way to minimise carbon emissions is, where possible, to repurpose buildings and the materials they are built from. BUILDOFFSITE and CIRIA are hosting a webinar on Tuesday 14th May to explore ...

22 April, 2024
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IStructE raises concerns about lack of embodied carbon regulation within proposals

|Date: 18 April, 2024

IStructE raises concerns about lack of embodied carbon regulation within proposals

The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) has written to the Secretary of State for the Departme ...

The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) has written to the Secretary of State for the Department Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to express its concern that the regulation of ...

18 April, 2024
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Taylor Lane Timber Frame | Fabric first and MMC Category 2 timber frame housing solutions

|Date: 16 April, 2024

Taylor Lane Timber Frame | Fabric first and MMC Category 2 timber frame housing solutions

Blane Pannell, Sales and Marketing Director at Taylor Lane Timber Frame, discusses the importance of taki ...

Blane Pannell, Sales and Marketing Director at Taylor Lane Timber Frame, discusses the importance of taking a fabric first approach to building new homes and the benefits of opting for MMC Category 2 ...

16 April, 2024
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UK political party leaders urged to make manifesto commitments for embodied carbon regulation in the UK

|Date: 1 February, 2024

UK political party leaders urged to make manifesto commitments for embodied carbon regulation in the UK

Leading construction industry and built environment experts from 11 organisations demand policy action in ...

Leading construction industry and built environment experts from 11 organisations demand policy action in election year. UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), The Institution of Structural Engineers (ISt ...

1 February, 2024
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New report finds UK construction sector lagging other sectors on Scope 3 emissions reporting despite growing pressure to decarbonise

|Date: 26 January, 2024

New report finds UK construction sector lagging other sectors on Scope 3 emissions reporting despite growing pressure to decarbonise

Mobilityways published its 48-page Road to Net Zero Study last month, encapsulating findings from a nine- ...

Mobilityways published its 48-page Road to Net Zero Study last month, encapsulating findings from a nine-month investigation of large UK organisations’ progress in addressing decarbonisation in their ...

26 January, 2024
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Doors open at first Scottish Passivhaus primary school to use CLT structure

|Date: 9 October, 2023

Doors open at first Scottish Passivhaus primary school to use CLT structure

The first Passivhaus primary school project in Scotland to be constructed from cross-laminated timber (CL ...

The first Passivhaus primary school project in Scotland to be constructed from cross-laminated timber (CLT) has opened its doors in Edinburgh. The £3.2m, two-storey extension to Sciennes Primary Schoo ...

9 October, 2023
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Kier joins pioneering project to develop embodied carbon calculation solution

|Date: 28 September, 2023

Kier joins pioneering project to develop embodied carbon calculation solution

Kier Group plc has joined Causeway Technologies' ground-breaking project aimed at developing automated, r ...

Kier Group plc has joined Causeway Technologies' ground-breaking project aimed at developing automated, real-time reporting of scope 3 emissions in the construction sector. The scope 3 initiative is w ...

28 September, 2023
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NorDan UK | The price of performance

|Date: 24 August, 2023

NorDan UK | The price of performance

The Part L Building Regulations finally kicked in this June, and the message is loud-and-clear: building ...

The Part L Building Regulations finally kicked in this June, and the message is loud-and-clear: building materials must now deliver sustainable outcomes. Sonia Travis, a Commercial Sales Manager at No ...

24 August, 2023
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Cemex enhances its Vertua range of lower carbon mortar solutions

|Date: 7 August, 2023

Cemex enhances its Vertua range of lower carbon mortar solutions

Thanks to its ongoing focus on innovative production techniques, global building supplier Cemex has reduc ...

Thanks to its ongoing focus on innovative production techniques, global building supplier Cemex has reduced the embodied carbon of its mortar range by over 30%*. The carbon saving has been achieved by ...

7 August, 2023
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Local climate action hampered by Whitehall says new report from the Climate Change Committee

|Date: 19 July, 2023

Local climate action hampered by Whitehall says new report from the Climate Change Committee

New research released today (19th July 2023) shows that a lack of clarity about central government policy ...

New research released today (19th July 2023) shows that a lack of clarity about central government policy is undermining the ability of local planners to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The Spat ...

19 July, 2023
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