Environment

The Society for the Environment has brought back EnvCast, its monthly podcast.

CABE member Kabbe Njie, Principal Engineer Fire & Life Safety Systems at Heathrow Airport, discusses the growing fire risks of lithium-ion batteries in residential buildings.

Enya Zhang, a student at the University of Central Lancashire, has completed IFSM-funded research exploring the impact of coatings on wood combustion

The Building Centre and the National Retrofit Hub’s exhibition explores the barriers and solutions to retrofitting the built environment.

Aggreko has won the Net Zero Heroes award alongside the other Scottish Business Climate Collaboration (SBCC) members at the CeeD 2025 Awards for contribution to the coalition’s Climate Action Hub.

The Society for the Environment registers and champions professionals with proven competence in their environmental work.

A local authority has partnered with Duraproducts to trial its recycled plastic kerbing for both durability and safety purposes.

Brenda Leach-Water, CABE member and author of The Book of Mould, offers a deep dive into the causes and treatments of damp

An extensive British Geological Survey 40 years in the making shows the effects of environmental pollution on the soil across the UK.

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

We speak to recent CABE Webinar presenter Pete Tyson – Commercial Director of the Water Hygiene Centre Ltd – about how the construction sector can help mitigate the risk from waterborne pathogens.

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.

Acting Minister for Climate Action Alasdair Allan told the Scottish Parliament last week that the revised legislation will include powers to set minimum energy efficiency standards for owner-occupier and non-domestic properties.

Construction Industry Council and the Edge, a built environment think tank, have published the Competence Framework for Sustainability in the Built Environment to underpin the development of discipline-specific, sustainability competence requirements across the built environment and the natural sector.

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.

Nominations are now open for the SocEnv Awards 2025.

It’s easy to talk about retrofit, but what are you doing about it? ‘Plenty,’ says CABE. Take a look at the modernisation of CABE HQ

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