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Industry responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement

|Date: 18 November, 2022

Industry responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced his Autumn Statement yesterday. Which included measures to support those ...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced his Autumn Statement yesterday. Which included measures to support those most in need, a cap on social rents and an additional £6bn funding boost to deliver energy eff ...

18 November, 2022
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UKGBC calls on government to double down on climate adaptation

|Date: 10 November, 2022

UKGBC calls on government to double down on climate adaptation

Ahead of Adaptation Day at COP27, the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has called on government to stren ...

Ahead of Adaptation Day at COP27, the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has called on government to strengthen policies that will support a resilient built environment. UKGBC’s Policy Advisor, Philip ...

10 November, 2022
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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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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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Scape Scotland launches UK’s first route to net zero for public construction projects

|Date: 17 June, 2022

Scape Scotland launches UK’s first route to net zero for public construction projects

Public sector procurement authority, SCAPE Scotland, has launched a new procurement guide that will enabl ...

Public sector procurement authority, SCAPE Scotland, has launched a new procurement guide that will enable public bodies to achieve the Scottish Government’s Net Zero Public Sector Building Standard f ...

17 June, 2022
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UKGBC publish guide to accelerate industry action on commercial retrofit

|Date: 4 May, 2022

UKGBC publish guide to accelerate industry action on commercial retrofit

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a guide to support industry to retrofit the UK’s poor ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a guide to support industry to retrofit the UK’s poorly performing commercial buildings. From 2025, every commercial building in the UK will require ...

4 May, 2022
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Government unveils its levelling up plan to transform UK

|Date: 2 February, 2022

Government unveils its levelling up plan to transform UK

Michael Gove has unveiled the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper, which sets out a plan to transform t ...

Michael Gove has unveiled the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper, which sets out a plan to transform the UK by spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it. The Levelling Up Secretary sa ...

2 February, 2022
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SCAPE invests in waste reduction platform to support public sector net zero ambitions

|Date: 2 December, 2021

SCAPE invests in waste reduction platform to support public sector net zero ambitions

SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public procurement authorities, is to further accelerate the sector’s prog ...

SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public procurement authorities, is to further accelerate the sector’s progress towards cutting carbon and waste in construction through the acquisition of an innovative ...

2 December, 2021
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New HVAC systems whitepaper tackles building sustainability and overheating issues

|Date: 17 November, 2021

New HVAC systems whitepaper tackles building sustainability and overheating issues

With the built environment contributing 40% of the UK’s total carbon footprint and the Committee on Clima ...

With the built environment contributing 40% of the UK’s total carbon footprint and the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) warning of the dangers of overheating buildings, a new whitepaper is highlighti ...

17 November, 2021
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Bureau Veritas urges UK construction companies to accelerate efforts as it strives to decarbonise the built environment in the race to net zero

|Date: 12 November, 2021

Bureau Veritas urges UK construction companies to accelerate efforts as it strives to decarbonise the built environment in the race to net zero

Leading construction authority, Bureau Veritas, is urging the UK construction industry to accelerate its ...

Leading construction authority, Bureau Veritas, is urging the UK construction industry to accelerate its efforts when it comes to the decarbonisation of buildings following the launch of the UK Green ...

12 November, 2021
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