Energy

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has published its Seventh Carbon Budget report, which features ambitious home energy targets.

The Society for the Environment’s Awards 2025 will be hosted in Liverpool on 4 June, the eve of World Environment Day.

Burton and South Derbyshire College has launched its Green Skills Centre to drive sustainability in construction and support decarbonisation. The centre offers specialist training in renewable energy and retrofit technologies.

House by house, building by building, retrofit is still being approached as a piecemeal solution to the climate crisis. Denise Chevin asks, how can it be scaled up?

The City of London Corporation has approved a £191m funding package to support critical repairs and upgrades at the Barbican Centre.

Retrofitting UK homes is a win-win, so why is it all taking so long to happen? It’s complicated, says Nick Warburton.

We all know where good intentions can lead, but what happens when energy-efficient retrofit solutions are undone by human behaviour, asks Matt Lamy?

Heat pumps are playing an increasingly important role in both new build and retrofit sectors – Charlotte Lee, Chief Executive of the Heat Pump Association (HPA), demystifies a few things.

The government in Westminster has announced that it plans to invest in green skills training to support a transition to clean power with “thousands” of new jobs.

What happens when an engineering apprentice identifies energy and cost savings for a company as part of their placement?

SocEnv defines the standards for professional competence in environmental practice, ensuring key decisions are made by verified professionals.

The UK’s energy network is facing its biggest overhaul in 60 years with wind power playing a significant role in generating future supply, but what about all the pylons? asks Huw Morris.

The 17th Sustainability in Energy & Buildings (SEB’25) International Conference on 17-19 September 2025, organised by KES International, has put a call out for short and full papers.

Our ever-increasing need for instant information via the internet is placing data centres in our neighbourhoods, but are we ready to welcome them?