Sharpe Pritchard Goes Green: Construction Concrete
6 June 2022
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30 May 2022
The Energy Trilemma The UK’s energy agenda has historically played out a triplicate tension between these key issues: Cost – there is a clear aim to keep costs down and ensure that tax/billpayer money is used in the most effective way. Security – the supply of energy must be uninterrupted to ensure a secure market…
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Sustainable development is at the heart of the planning system. The environmental objective to protect and enhance the natural, built, and historic environment improving biodiversity, minimising waste and pollution and mitigating /adapting to climate change is key to sustainable development. Our urban areas (and development within) must become “greener” and be capable of evolving and adapting to climate change.
Read more25 May 2022
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…
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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,…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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