Dalkia and Arup have completed a major decarbonisation project at 8 Fitzroy Street in London, Arup’s own headquarters, significantly reducing the building’s carbon footprint and demonstrating how sustainable retrofit can be achieved in a live, fully occupied environment. The £3.1 ...

Equans has been awarded a contract with London Borough of Haringey to lead a major retrofit project on the Coldfall Estate. Haringey’s homes account for around half of the borough’s carbon footprint, and this is the reason why the council ...

Sustainable refurbishment specialist, Better Green Living, has announced its business expansion into office, hotel and nursing home sectors, as it brings its retrofit expertise to existing commercial and residential buildings to meet the UK’s Net Zero target by 2050. Existing ...

Morgan Sindall Property Services (MSPS) has been selected to carry out energy improvement works on behalf of Epping Forest District Council, through the Social Housing Fund (SHF) Wave 3. This marks the start of a long-term partnership to help improve ...

United Infrastructure has partnered with the University of Salford to deliver a full-scale 1930s retrofit property within Energy House 2.0, the University’s world-leading research facility. The collaboration marks the first project under the new Centre for Retrofit, which aims to ...

RED Construction Group’s Special Projects division has been selected by development managers, V7, to complete a £18.7 million office retrofit and redevelopment of 78-90 Colmore Row, Birmingham. The appointment signals RED Construction Group’s first project in Birmingham, as the business ...

United Infrastructure’s subsidiary, Social Infrastructure, has been awarded an £8.2 million contract by Phoenix Community Housing to deliver essential energy efficiency upgrades to homes across South London. Phoenix is a not-for-profit resident-led housing association that manages over 7,600 homes in ...

A free commercial retrofit solutions tool designed to ‘deliver meaningful sustainability’ has launched. The Commercial Retrofit Innovation Map, launched for use by industry as part of an initiative between UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), Breakthrough Energy and Fore Partnership, seeks ...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is calling for expressions of interest from professionals and employers for two new planned pathways to RICS membership. The built environment and the role of surveyors within it is expanding, says RICS. And ...

London-based network infrastructure specialist OryxAlign has been appointed to deliver the converged network system for a major retrofit project in London’s Waterloo district. The network will support all landlord-controlled critical systems and is set to form the digital foundation of ...