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What are the challenges faced in meeting The Future Homes Standard?

To understand the challenges of The Future Homes Standard, Harwood Building Control surveyed industry professionals to find out how changes to Parts F, L, O, and S are affecting their projects.

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EDF Renewables Ireland announces plans for wind farm in Mayo

EDF Renewables has announced plans to develop a 100MW wind farm in Mayo – the proposed project could consist of up to 25 turbines and power more than 60,000 homes.

Arup to explore carbon tech for UK infrastructure schemes

Arup has been awarded funding to demonstrate the feasibility of using carbon capture technologies within UK infrastructure projects to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

Sizewell C secures funding to develop direct air capture

A consortium led by Sizewell C has been awarded £250,000 by the Government to develop plans for Direct Air Capture (DAC) which could be powered by the new nuclear power station proposed for Suffolk.

Plans underway for new solar farm in west Northamptonshire

EDF Renewables is planning to develop a 49.9 MW solar farm, Glassthorpe, between Flore and Upper Heyford, which will be capable of generating enough low carbon electricity for 9,562 households annually.

CLC calls for construction industry input on net-zero progress

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC)’s net-zero workstream, CO2nstruct Zero is seeking views on how the industry should demonstrate progress on its journey to net-zero.

Arup secures Transport for Greater Manchester framework

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has appointed Arup to their ‘Transport Professional Services’ (TPS) framework to make journeys more sustainable.

Actis renews collaborative relationship with LABC

Building insulation specialist Actis has renewed its on-going collaborative relationship with LABC by becoming an event partner.

Construction industry praised for net zero contribution

Speaking at the virtual Business 7 Summit (or ‘B7’), Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng, recognised the construction industry’s contribution to achieving net zero.

Plans revealed for carbon capture power station in Scotland

SSE Thermal and Equinor have revealed plans to develop a new low-carbon power station at Peterhead in Scotland.

Decarbonisation: Let the public sector lead the way

Paul Dawson, group technical manager at LHC, looks at the runaway demand for the latest Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund grants and explains why public-sector led programmes to transform the energy performance of our buildings are the quickest route on the road to net zero.

Northstowe project boosts construction of sustainable schools

A webinar hosted by Stora Enso, with The B1M showcased the case study of the Northstowe Learning Community in Cambridgeshire, a 15,000m2 project that utilised cross...

How can the housebuilding industry prepare for 2025 Future Homes Standards?

Kevin Blunden, technical & compliance director at Harwood Building Control, explores how housebuilders can prepare for the 2025 Future Homes Standard.

EDF Renewables to construct three new solar farms

EDF Renewables Ireland is to start the construction of three new solar farms in counties Wexford and Kilkenny this month.

Laing O’Rourke renews carbon neutral contract with Commercial

Following the launch of its new global sustainability targets, Laing O’Rourke has renewed its contract with carbon-neutral stationery supplier, Commercial.

Guidance to help built assets adapt to climate risk and enhance nature

The UKGBC has today (29 April) published its 'Principles for delivering urban Nature-based Solutions' (NBS) to help developers and owners increase the incorporation of NBS in construction.

Actis launches updated U-value simulator with new features

An online tool aimed at helping builders, architects and specifiers work out the potential U- value of a project has been updated with extra user-friendly features.

Tips from experts – five things to help steer you on your path to net zero

As we get closer to COP26 and the government makes more concerted noises than ever over decarbonisation, social housing providers have a huge role to play, says Gary Cawley, director of CPC.

Amey pledges to cut carbon and achieve net zero by 2040

On Earth Day (22 April), Amey has announced its commitment to cut carbon emissions and is aiming to reach carbon net zero by 2040.

Severfield signs up to SteelZero initiative

Structural steel group, Severfield has signed up to the SteelZero initiative to speed up the transition to a net zero steel industry.

Vauxhall supplies Mitie with new zero emissions van

Taking Mitie past the landmark of 1,000 electric vehicles (EV), this is the first of 655 Vivaro-e vans on order to be delivered by the end of the year.

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