Energy & Sustainability

Veolia Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility brings Leeds an efficiency drive on waste management and low-carbon heat delivery.

Billed as a long-term, post-Covid-19 solution for the construction industry that can save jobs and save the planet, but what does it actually mean? Asks James Cash.

Now this England-only scheme has been given the green light, how successful will it be in reducing carbon emissions? And what is in place for the rest of the UK?

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The Regional Performance Centre (RPC) Dundee at Caird Park, Dundee, is a community hub that is the beginning of a district heating revolution for the area

Walls of glass and stainless-steel façades have become a regular fixture in city skylines, but beyond their beauty there is an ecological functionality

Jayson Whitaker, Managing Director of Energy Assets Networks, said “While everyone welcomes the move to low-carbon technologies, there is also a growing realisation that local power networks may not be able to cope with the huge increase in demand for electricity as we transition to electric vehicle (EV) charging, particularly when you add in the impact of air source heat pumps.”

We need all options on the table to enable green developments says Stora Enso’s
R&D Director Matthew Linegar

University scientists have been working with Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and Innosuisse within the framework of the Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research (SCCER), together with industrial partners, to investigate whether electricity can be stored in rock caverns in the form of compressed air.

The government has asked tradespeople to sign up to the TrustMark accreditation scheme ahead of the September of the £2bn Green Homes Grant scheme in England.

A restoration project on a unique church in Everton is challenging today’s professionals to rethink what they know.

The award-winning Land of Oak & Iron Heritage Centre is a fine example of sustainable conservation

Can customers be persuaded to view heat as another supplied utility rather than as the result of supplied utilities? An energy research company and two British energy firms decided to find out.

Do we really understand all aspects of sustainability and how is academia strengthening this emerging sector? Asks Andrew Pearson.

Polypipe is acknowledged as a Green Champion for its intelligent, water-management roofing system

In the race to make new builds and existing buildings energy and heat efficient, acoustic, ventilation and thermal comfort practicalities may have been overlooked. As Elaine Knutt discovers, that’s about to change.

LED luminaires are designed to replace fluorescent fittings in more ways than one

Isle’s Technology Consultant Sylvia Schuster explains why managing the effects of climate change requires urban transformation, specifically for water management

Ben Green, Divisional Marketing Manager for Alumasc, discusses the installation
of its carbon dioxide-neutralising roofing at Nottingham Trent University

Paul Trace from Stella Rooflight offers guidance on the thermal performance (U-values) of rooflights and what to look out for in the specification process