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Let’s paint the town green! Government plans for green homes
Decarbonising the UK’s townscapes
We have all heard and used the phrase ‘paint the town red’ to describe going out to have a good time. However, when it comes to climate change, the party is over. Change is urgently needed in our towns and cities to make the landscape greener. We work with the public sector on new homes projects,
The Role of Standard Form Construction Contracts in Achieving Green Goals
The environmental impact of construction is an enormous challenge on the road to Net Zero: indeed, the Built Environment contributes around 40% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions worldwide.
The traditional view of many in the construction industry has been that environmental considerations are an issue best addressed in the scope or specification of a construction contract, rather than in contractual clauses.
Corporate Power Purchase Agreements Webinar
Title: Green Steves: Corporate Power Purchase Agreements
Date: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Time: 10:30am – 11:30am
Chairperson: Radhika Devesher
Speakers: Steve Gummer, Steve Cirell and James Rooke
Local authorities are large energy users too and will not escape the rampant energy inflation currently gripping the country. This will make their quest for a Net Zero Carbon position even more difficult
Refurbishment and Retrofitting: In with the old, out with the new!
Finding ways to decarbonise the construction sector represents a huge challenge for policymakers and stakeholders.
Even as buildings become more energy-efficient to maintain and power, vast amounts of carbon are usually emitted during the manufacture of components and the construction of new buildings.
These emissions – known in the industry as ‘embodied carbon’ – occur before a building is even
Championing green goals through public buying
The purchase of goods and services by public authorities spans industries and sectors across the UK, and a Government report this year concluded that public spending represented 52.5% of GDP in 2020/21[1]. Meanwhile, there is a drive not just by Government but by society at large, to take urgent action against climate change.
This article considers how public
