Tag: Net

The Brevik cement plant in Norway [© Heidelberg Materials]Heidelberg Materials’ plant in Brevik, Norway is setting up a carbon capture and storage system, which entitles it to label the cement produced there as net zero carbon. And by extension, apparently, it can therefore call all...

APM chief executive Adam BoddisonIn a poll for the Association for Project Management (APM), 50% of construction project managers answered ‘too little’ when asked if they felt if their company was doing too much, too little, or enough, to support the government’s commitment to ensure...

While some will see delays to the biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements as another sign of the government rowing back on its environmental commitments, builders’ lobby groups have expressed their relief. The BBC reports today that its reporters have been briefed by government sources that...

Kidbrooke Village is being developed in London by Berkeley Homes with meadows and wetland to achieve a biodiversity net gainFrom November this year, all new housing, commercial and infrastructure developments in England will be required to result in a 10% biodiversity net gain (BNG). This...

All vehicles on site are fuelled by HVO as part of the carbon reduction drive on the projectWith a little help from offsetting – paying cash to compensate for shortcomings – Segro Logistics Park Northampton (SLPN) will be Segro’s first UK park to achieve net-zero...

The 340-page document – Mission Zero: Independent Review of Net Zero – was commissioned in September by the then prime minister, Liz Truss. Chris Skidmore MP was tasked with leading “an independent review into how to deliver its net zero commitment while maximising economic growth...

You may think you know what a new zero carbon building is, but everyone has their own ideas, it seems. What’s needed, some people think, is a single definition on which we can all agree. That is why the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard...

Sarah Jolliffe, Bam's carbon reduction lead Bam’s new target in the UK & Ireland builds upon Dutch parent Royal BAM Group’s target to reduce its direct emissions intensity by 80% by 2026 from 2015 levels.  Like most companies, Bam will continue to use offsetting –...

Edinburgh councillor Jane Meagher breaks ground in Granton with CCG managing director David Wylie The start of construction works at the £72m Western Villages project represents a milestone for the City of Edinburgh in the delivery of its £1.3bn Granton Waterfront regeneration project. Over the...

Housing, Construction & Infrastructure (HCI) Skills Gateway commissioned the Circular Edinburgh team from Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce to work with industry partners to discover what support would most benefit the sector as Scotland transitions to net zero. Launched in 2019, HCI Skills Gateway is a...

Construction could start in 2024The Lower Thames Crossing has been designated a ‘pathfinder’ project to explore carbon neutral construction. National Highways wants it to be “the greenest road ever built in the UK”. The Lower Thames Crossing project comprises a tunnel under the River Thames...

Cover of the Levelling Up white paperThe Build Back Greener white paper1, published last October, set out how government policies will decarbonise the UK economy to make the nation a net zero carbon emitter by 2050. Yesterday’s Levelling Up white paper2 set out government policies...