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The Hong Kong Green Building Council Announces the Winners of the "Advancing Net Zero" Ideas Competition for Building Solutions to Address Climate Change | 2021-11-30 12:40:00
Heating and Ventilation News Recent UK commitments to introduce stricter carbon reduction targets for 2038 will exacerbate skills pressures within the building engineering sector to support cleaner heat A webinar from industry body BESA has heard how the availability of heat pumps and boilers that can be easily converted to run on hydrogen will needs to be backed by effective policy and consumer acceptance and awareness of different ways to heat homes. Helen Yeulet, director of training and skills with the association, said a wide range of studies - such as an ONS survey conducted between 20...
Heating and Ventilation News Experts working across the built environment have called for the government to extend the scope of a major new building standard to include embodied carbon and a clear strategy to retrofit buildings A coalition of architecture, engineering and heat specialists have urged the government to drastically rethink policy to improve the energy efficiency of buildings for its proposed Future Buildings Standard. A focus on supporting effective retrofitting of the entire UK housing stock, while considering how to cut carbon emissions across the entire lifecycle of a build...
By Andrew Mellor2021-02-10T07:00:00+00:00 New building regulations impose tough conditions on the construction sector, but it is essential that we rise to the challenge, Andrew Mellor says Two weeks ago, the housing minister announced the publication of the government’s response to the Future Homes Standard consultation, as well as the launch of the second part of the consultation which considers a proposed Future Buildings Standard. The standards propose changes that will decarbonise England’s building stock as well as reduce the impact of climate change (warmer temperatures) on th...