Conference calls on UK to keep Euro climate laws
The government must retain all EU climate legislation post-Brexit, and use its planned Industrial Strategy to align policies to the…
5 January 2017
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Trump chooses climate change critic to head US environmental agency
5 January 2017
Cryogenic storage plant is next leap forward for UK renewables
Manchester is to host the world’s largest cold-energy storage plant. Sited next to a landfill gas-generation facility, the 5MW plant…
5 January 2017
Industry urged to focus on people’s health and wellbeing
The building engineering industry does not focus enough on human health, wellbeing and productivity, according to speakers at the latest…
5 January 2017
Best façades revealed at Glass Supper event
Two very different buildings in London and Amsterdam have won the top accolades at the 2016 Façades Competition, organised by…
5 January 2017
Skills shortage threatens to derail Chancellor’s promises
Increasing infrastructure investment to between 1% and 1.2% of gross domestic product (GDP) each year from 2020 to 2050 was…
1 December 2016
HM Treasury put politics ahead of sustainability, says committee report
The Treasury has been accused of putting short-term political priorities ahead of long-term sustainability and of ‘riding roughshod’ over departments…
1 December 2016
Lack of diversity is bad for your profits, delegates told
Building services firms are missing out on business opportunities because their workforces are not diverse and inclusive, experts claim. The…
1 December 2016
Radical change needed for UK to achieve heat pump targets
The government’s aim for 200,000 heat pumps to be installed in the UK by 2020 will not be possible without…
1 December 2016
BIM driving too much design too early at expense of innovation
The ‘rise of BIM’ is having unintended consequences for how building services engineers approach design, according to Patrick Bellew, principal…
1 December 2016
Cambridge to get Europe’s first ‘Eco-mosque’
Europe’s first eco-friendly mosque is to be built in Cambridge. The building, which will include a 1,000-capacity prayer hall, will…
1 December 2016
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