Buildings
'Poo power': Thames Water and Kingston Council plot pioneering domestic heating scheme
Under the plans 2,000 council homes will be powered by low carbon heat generated from effluent at Hogsmill sewage plant in Surrey
Could poor flood provisions cause the next major building regulations scandal?
With the government already under fire for its handling of the cladding scandal, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have today warned Ministers must enhance the UK's approach to flood protection and risk management in preparation for escalating climate...
Report: £43.3bn of investment needed to meet 2030 greener homes goal
Rates of green upgrades need to double if homes are to reach average energy efficiency EPC band C by 2030, Kamma estimates
If the Green Homes Grant fiasco is any indicator of the government's climate action, we are in trouble
Next week's Budget must provide clarity over the future of the Green Homes Grant Scheme, writes Green Party MP Caroline Lucas
'Large and persistent skills gaps': Construction bodies urge Chancellor for green skills support
Construction industry leaders warn gap in green building skills threatens to undermine the UK's net zero transition
'Now is the time to invest': Top business groups warn against cutting Green Homes Grant Scheme
More than 25 businesses and organisations join chorus of calls for government to give long-term backing to beleaguered home retrofit voucher programme
Green homes: Laudes Foundation backs drive to create financing for green upgrades
Laudes Foundation and Green Finance Institute team up to help develop markets and financial mechanisms for low carbon building measures
Labour slams 'shambolic delivery' of Green Homes Grants, as reports suggest scheme could be axed
Intervention comes as Labour leader Keir Starmer laments businesses 'waiting for politicians to catch up' on climate action
'Matter of urgency': Industry groups urge Ministers to 'fix' Green Homes Grant Scheme
Latest calls come as government launches subsidised training for green retrofit installations and latest data confirms on-going administrative challenges
The Hy Life: UK's first hydrogen-fuelled show homes to open Gateshead
Set to open to the public in April 2021, the two semi-detached homes in Gateshead will showcase a range of hydrogen-fuelled appliances, BEIS said
Government blames Covid-19 for Green Homes Grant woes
Green business groups left baffled and frustrated by decision to withdraw over £1bn from flagship green home upgrade programme
Green uniforms: David Luke Schoolwear completes 1,000-panel rooftop solar plant
Solar plant at uniform provider's Manchester headquarters made possible by green loan from HSBC
Shambles squared
The news the government is likely to claw back funding assigned to the Green Homes Grant scheme is the biggest blow yet to the credibility of the Prime Minister's green recovery promises, and it does not bode well for the UK's wider net zero strategy...
'A shambles': Is the Green Homes Grant scheme budget being cut?
Concerns rise that unspent funding underpinning embattled green home retrofit scheme will not be rolled over beyond March, despite myriad teething issues
MPs demand 'overhaul and extension' of Green Homes Grant Scheme
Environmental Audit Committee warns current sluggish rate of voucher issuance under the Green Homes Grant scheme means it would take another 10 years to meet the 600,000 home target set by the government
Back on the road to net zero homes?
The government's plans for Building Regulations are a step in the right direction, but they must go further and not hold local authorities back, argues the UK Green Building Council's Philip Box
UK greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.8 per cent in 2019
Final official greenhouse gas data for 2019 revises down previous estimates slightly, with road transport still the UK's biggest emitter
What to look for in the government's buildings decarbonisation plan
Jess Ralston from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) sets out her expectations for the government's imminent Heat and Buildings Strategy
HyNet: First industrial boiler fired up with hydrogen at pioneering pilot project
Progressive Energy says pilot project will provide evidence base to support switch from fossil fuel to hydrogen, as industry advances plans for UK's first hydrogen fuelled town
UK housebuilders to face 'zero carbon ready' standard from 2025
Government confirms Future Homes Standard will apply to any new homes built from 2025, delivering a major uptick in the pace of the shift away from gas boilers - but campaigners are left disappointed by failure to adopt more rapid timetable
The deadline for delivering net zero buildings future is fast approaching
Businesses and policymakers must set clear and credible pathways to reach a net zero buildings future as soon as possible, explains AECOM's Robert Spencer
Tyne and Wear village to tap blended hydrogen from gas grid in green heating pilot
Plan for 10-month hydrogen heating trial near Gateshead comes as WWF Scotland urges major energy efficiency investment programme to slash emissions from leaky and carbon-intensive homes
The impacts of 2020 that could ripple for years to come
'Stay at home' - those three simple words that sum up 2020 have had a huge impact, the complexity of which will take years to unravel, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer
The ghost of carbon past: Velux Group's Ingrid Reumert on tackling historic corporate emissions
Velux Group's vice-president of sustainability reveals what it takes to address emissions from the present, the future, and the past
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