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Structural Timber Association | Low carbon construction with structural timber

|Date: 19 June, 2023

Structural Timber Association | Low carbon construction with structural timber

Housing associations and local authorities face numerous challenges, including the ongoing quest to help ...

Housing associations and local authorities face numerous challenges, including the ongoing quest to help the UK achieve net zero by 2050. Here, Andrew Orriss of the Structural Timber Association, expl ...

19 June, 2023
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UKGBC tools up to tackle embodied carbon at critical moment for delivering net zero

|Date: 9 May, 2023

UKGBC tools up to tackle embodied carbon at critical moment for delivering net zero

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has mobilised a cross-industry team of 70+ experts to support its w ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has mobilised a cross-industry team of 70+ experts to support its work on tackling embodied carbon emissions. Despite being a significant source of carbon emissio ...

9 May, 2023
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IES and Dublin City Council work together on whole-life carbon Digital Twin project to optimise renovation of social housing

|Date: 6 April, 2023

IES and Dublin City Council work together on whole-life carbon Digital Twin project to optimise renovation of social housing

Net zero technology firm, IES, has collaborated with Dublin City Council on a Digital Twin project to ide ...

Net zero technology firm, IES, has collaborated with Dublin City Council on a Digital Twin project to identify how Dublin’s social housing stock can be decarbonised in the most efficient manner in ter ...

6 April, 2023
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Elta Fans on a sustainability charge with new TM65 Embodied Carbon Reports

|Date: 17 February, 2023

Elta Fans on a sustainability charge with new TM65 Embodied Carbon Reports

Elta Fans is pioneering the industry toward Net Zero as it becomes one of the first to offer TM65 Embodie ...

Elta Fans is pioneering the industry toward Net Zero as it becomes one of the first to offer TM65 Embodied Carbon reports for its building services products. Created by CIBSE in 2021 (the Chartered In ...

17 February, 2023
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IES | Using digital twin technology to maximise sustainable retrofit

|Date: 23 August, 2022

IES | Using digital twin technology to maximise sustainable retrofit

Keivan Djahanbani, Senior Project Consultant at IES, discusses using digital twin technology to unlock ma ...

Keivan Djahanbani, Senior Project Consultant at IES, discusses using digital twin technology to unlock maximum sustainability in local council retrofit programmes. Recently, the Commons Environmental ...

23 August, 2022
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Gripple | Sustainable building objectives

|Date: 17 August, 2022

Gripple | Sustainable building objectives

Mark Kimberley, Head of Fast Trak at Gripple, explains the importance of knowing the embodied carbon of p ...

Mark Kimberley, Head of Fast Trak at Gripple, explains the importance of knowing the embodied carbon of products used in all construction projects. As the pressure mounts to deliver more sustainable c ...

17 August, 2022
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Greener homes: SMARTPLY PROPASSIV installed at eco-friendly development in popular Cardiff suburb

|Date: 29 July, 2022

Greener homes: SMARTPLY PROPASSIV installed at eco-friendly development in popular Cardiff suburb

As part of an exciting regeneration project in Cardiff, Lowfield Timber Frames specified SMARTPLY PROPASS ...

As part of an exciting regeneration project in Cardiff, Lowfield Timber Frames specified SMARTPLY PROPASSIV panels alongside a supply of their timber kits for a development of 12 two-bedroom houses in ...

29 July, 2022
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Part Z amendment and embodied carbon regulation

|Date: 28 July, 2022

Part Z amendment and embodied carbon regulation

Head of Sustainability at Whitecode, Ellen Huelin, takes a look at the proposed Part Z amendment to the B ...

Head of Sustainability at Whitecode, Ellen Huelin, takes a look at the proposed Part Z amendment to the Building Regulations and the concept of embodied carbon regulation. Ellen argues that without su ...

28 July, 2022
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UKGBC study reveals significant carbon reductions can be achieved across low-rise residential developments

|Date: 25 February, 2022

UKGBC study reveals significant carbon reductions can be achieved across low-rise residential developments

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a study demonstrating how housing developers can achi ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a study demonstrating how housing developers can achieve a 20% embodied carbon reduction across low-rise residential developments through simple mas ...

25 February, 2022
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Communication: Net zero will require collaboration, not conflict

|Date: 15 February, 2022

Communication: Net zero will require collaboration, not conflict

Andrew Carpenter, Chief Executive at the Structural Timber Association (STA) looks at the recent focus on ...

Andrew Carpenter, Chief Executive at the Structural Timber Association (STA) looks at the recent focus on embodied carbon in the built environment and explains why a more positive approach to communic ...

15 February, 2022
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