Sustainability

7 April, 2022

[Construction 2050] Online Webinar – Summary & Recording

    On Thursday 24th March 2022, Innovate UK KTN, Innovate UK and BRE arranged Construction 2050: The Future Material Requirements of the Construction Sector, an online workshop and networking event which brought together the foundation industries and the construction industry to understand the drivers and future material requirements of the sector. The foundation industries … Continue reading “[Construction 2050] Online Webinar – Summary & Recording”

22 April, 2021

Winner Sustainability Award: The Catalyst – Key Learning Points

Our series of case studies look at the key learning points from our 2020 award winners and highly commended.  The Catalyst is a highly sustainable building, fully committed to climate change and Net Zero. Fun fact, at some point during the delivery of the project, works on-site have stopped to allow safe passage of a swarm … Continue reading “Winner Sustainability Award: The Catalyst – Key Learning Points”

29 March, 2021

Environmental Audit Committee publishes its fourth report

This week the Environmental Audit Committee today published its fourth report on the Energy Efficiency of Existing Homes. Recommendations for government in the report, which quotes extensively from the English Housing Survey, include: Address the “chronic shortage of skills” in retrofit by funding a dedicated training programme for green jobs. Review its cost projections for … Continue reading “Environmental Audit Committee publishes its fourth report”

5 May, 2020

How can culture and procurement influence sustainable outcomes?

The Sustainable Infrastructure Forum took place virtually on 20 April and focussed on how procurement and culture can influence sustainable outcomes.  With presentations from David Riley at Anglian Water and Mohammad Rickaby at Lower Thames Crossing and input from Ruth Carins G4C co-chair. For many working on major infrastructure projects sustainability can seem too abstract.  … Continue reading “How can culture and procurement influence sustainable outcomes?”

18 March, 2020

Working with supply chains to deliver sustainability

See the first in our series of outputs from our Sustainable Infrastructure Forum looking at the value of effective supply chain engagement to drive sustainability and innovation through project delivery. This output details some tips for effective engagement to drive sustainability and better outcomes, including the value of smaller organisations, the importance of behaviours, the … Continue reading “Working with supply chains to deliver sustainability”