Energy & Sustainability

Exolon Group co-operates with Pekutherm in a closed-loop cycle of recycling thermoplastics to save tonnes of CO2

Stagg Architects has produced a guide for improving the energy efficiency of England’s 10,000 rural community halls.

Simon Turek, Co-Founder at Powering Net Zero (PNZ) Group, says carbon-intensive homes in the north of England are blocking the UK’s net-zero ambitions

A solar farm on a former landfill site is set to power Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital with clean energy for three-quarters of the year.

From now onwards, The Pallet LOOP will attach a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag on each reusable green pallet it produces. This will generate data about the movement of pallets and associated building materials nationwide as they pass through the supply chain.

This year’s World Environment Day on 5 June is hosted by Saudi Arabia and has the theme of land restoration, desertification and drought resilience. 2024 also marks the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has appointed a new responsible body to work with landowners and developers to secure areas of conservation and biodiversity.

The HMRC has collected £1bn in extra revenue from investigations into underpaid landfill tax over the past five years, with £281m collected in 2023 alone, says law firm Pinsent Masons.

Worley and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group will undertake a front-end engineering and design (FEED) project by Heidelberg Materials UK.

Denmark’s Henrik Stiesdal and Britain’s Andrew Garrod, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 2024 winners, were recognised for their developments in wind power technology, advancing the design, manufacture and deployment of high-performance wind turbines.

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has published a report – Energy Performance Certificates: Enabling the Home Energy Transition – calling for a holistic ‘net zero-ready’ EPC system to support the decarbonisation of UK homes.

The International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (SEB-24), organised by KES International, is taking place on 18-20 September 2024.

An Energy Efficiency Movement (EEM) report shows how industry can reduce global carbon emissions by 11% by 2030 while saving $437bn annually.

Let’s Go Zero and Retrofit Action for Tomorrow (RAFT) have been trying to address the issue of the poor energy and heat efficiency of school buildings.

Open to universities from across the world, the Engineering for People Design Challenge encourages undergraduates to develop greater awareness of the impacts that engineering can have on society and the environment.

If you are looking to make a sustainable difference through collaboration, then why not share your expertise with like-minded professionals via the Society for the Environment’s (SocEnv) Soils and Stones project?

How can the built environment work to support residents and create energy-sharing co-operatives, asks Andrew Pearson.

A major World Green Building Council study considers how to create affordable and sustainable homes. With the climate emergency and global housing crisis, this is vital, reports Huw Morris.

In April, Aston University will begin a two-year research project to help improve living conditions in Ukraine by developing affordable cascade heat pumps.

Kyle Alexander, Project and Engineering Manager at IG Masonry Support, highlights meeting environmental targets while creating evermore imaginative, attractive building designs.