Sustainability News – Page 4
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BW wins RICS’ sustainability gold standard
Contractor’s fit-out of new office praised under surveyor body’s SKA accreditation system
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Industry leaders hail UK's signing of Paris climate deal
Agreement commits government to helping alleviate climate change
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Reinstate zero carbon buildings targets, MPs urge
Report slams Treasury for ‘last minute’ and poorly-evidenced decision to axe policy
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Dutch 'Green Deal' looks for contractors to trial retrofits
Energiesprong UK looks for construction firms to build demonstration projects
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Flood defences will cost just a ‘few pence a week’
Utilities not consumers will pick up bill for defence works, says former flood strategy MP Oliver Letwin
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Sustainability Rising Star award open for nominations
Last year’s winner was Lisa Pasquale from Six Cylinder
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Thames Water picks £57m consultancy framework winners
Big name consultants among winners on water infrastructure framework
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FCC bags £450m energy-from-waste job
Spanish contractor to start construction after funding from Green Investment Bank
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Workers 'perform better' in greener buildings
Harvard research finds better performance and less sick leave from workers in certified green buildings
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Cyber attack risk to nuclear power plants revealed
World Energy Council urges firms to build greater resilience into energy infrastructure as threat grows
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Millions of pounds of retrofit work 'wasted,' says report
Constructing Excellence in Wales report shows insulation work done without proper assesment and in unsuitable homes
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Call for review of ‘costly’ smart meter programme
The Institute of Directors has hit out at what it calls the government’s “complex and costly” smart meter rollout programme
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Arup launches zero-waste ‘circular building’
All components and materials used on project on display at ɵ̨ Centre can be re-used or recycled
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Bonfield flooding review to call for stronger partnerships
Peter Bonfield review will say insurers must work with construction and government to prepare for floods
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London is world's fifth greenest city
Arcadis publishes ranking of the world’s most sustainable cities
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EDF and Chinese partner to get '£160bn from Hinkley'
Reports suggest Hinkley strike price means EDF and Chinese partner could get £160bn over 35 years
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London's new zero carbon rules may catch firms out
Oblivious developers ‘will need specialist help to avoid London offsetting fees’
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Clugston and French partner bag £66m power plant
Contractor to deliver build and civil engineering works on power plant in Kent
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Constructing Excellence to merge with BRE
Constructing Excellence brand will remain but organisation will be wholly-owned by the BRE
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Aecom forms research partnership after Mersey Gateway role
Consultant teams up with University of Salford to conduct environmental research after role on £450m project