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Wates and Lloyds Banking Group competition seeks next generation of sustainability innovations

Wates and Lloyds Banking Group (Lloyds) are launching a competition to find sustainability innovations that can help Lloyds tackle its hybrid working and travel emissions and enhance biodiversity. Green tech innovators and providers of sustainable solutions are invited to showcase ...

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Arup creates international dataset of whole life carbon emissions for buildings

Global sustainable development consultancy, Arup, has created an international dataset capturing total forecast emissions – whole life carbon (WLC) – for buildings in design. WLC data from almost 1,000 building design projects across 30 nations on five continents have been ...

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Decarbonisation retrofit wins for Novus

Novus Property Solutions’ Sustain service has been named as an approved supplier for several prestigious frameworks and organisations. Since its launch less than 12 months ago, Sustain has offered Novus’ customers across the housing sector a one-stop-shop for specialist assistance ...

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Equans and Innovate UK provide funding to specialist net zero digital start ups

Equans has invested in two net zero carbon software specialists – Grid Edge and OnGen- through the Clean Growth Innovation Fund, which will support the UK’s energy, digital and industrial transitions through the development of disruptive technologies, services and business ...

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Call for evidence to guide development of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard

The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (the NZCBS) coalition has launched a call for evidence, to help inform and guide the development of the Standard. Once developed, it will provide a single agreed definition and methodology for the industry to ...

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Net Zero Built Environment Council launched to decarbonise the built world

Today sees the launch of a Net Zero Built Environment Council, by global management consulting firm, Mckinsey. The Council is made up of a cross-sector coalition of industry stakeholders who will collaboratively create new pathways to cut greenhouse gas emissions ...

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Bouygues E&S introduces Orbiter

Bouygues Energies & Services (Bouygues E&S)  has launched Orbiter™, a 360 online self-assessment tool which helps building owners assess their building’s performance and see the bigger picture. Building Management is at the heart of a successful business operation and buildings ...

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Pinnacle sets out ambitious plan to net zero

Pinnacle Group has published a ‘Plan to Net Zero‘ report which details a blueprint for achieving net zero on direct emissions by 2025 and total emissions by 2035. Several sustainable operational and service refinements – for the business and its ...

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Balancing people, planet and profits

By Chintan Soni, CEO and Co-Founder of Ecolibrium Research from the World Economic Forum has found that the built environment is responsible for 40 per cent of global energy consumption and 33 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, with one-fifth ...

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New Task Group on renewable energy procurement is announced

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has mobilised a 17-strong a team of cross-industry experts who will support delivery of new guidance on renewable energy procurement. Decarbonising the UK’s energy supply sector is pivotal to achieving our national net zero ...

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