With the recent cold snap a taste of the winter to come, Actis is reminding builders of the cost savings and health benefits they can generate for householders by ensuring their homes are well-insulated.
Designing the steel structures for a solar farm requires careful consideration many elements. Software tools and structural engineering principles play vital roles in these calculations, ensuring the safety and effectiveness of the solar farm’s physical framework.
As the construction sector grapples with mounting pressure to address environmental concerns, London’s pioneering approach to managing emissions from construction equipment is setting new standards for the industry, writes James Bellinger, associate director at Arup.
As we reach the first anniversary of mandatory biodiversity net gain requirements for most planning applications of England, Samantha Willis, senior biodiversity consultant at Ramboll, looks at the impact of the regulations and where the market will go next.
We need a level playing field for calculating carbon, says Jenny Smith-Andrews, head of marketing at H+H UK, as she explores the complexities of sustainable construction.
Retrofitting the built environment at scale will be a key element of meeting the UK’s housing targets, as well as a "just transition" to a more sustainable society, writes Becci Taylor of Arup.
The construction industry is at the forefront of global sustainability efforts, with Building Energy Efficiency Retrofitting (BEER) playing a crucial role in achieving net-zero targets.
Energy efficiency and security, alongside health and comfort, will dominate conversations around high-performance homes in the coming year, writes Andy Mitchell, managing director at 21 Degrees.
A recent study published in the Journal of Building Engineering, "Promoting Decarbonisation in the Construction of New Buildings: A Strategy to Calculate the Embodied Carbon Footprint", proposes an integrated methodology to quantify, analyse, and optimise embodied carbon at an early project stage.
