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Office landlords implement efficiency-boosting measures to cut energy costs

A new study has identified which energy-saving measures are the most widely used and which landlords are prioritising in the years ahead as ambitions for a net-zero commercial real estate sector become increasingly focused. The market research, which surveyed 250 ...

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Grundon introduces new electric waste collection vehicles powered by customer waste 

As part of an ongoing annual £5 million investment programme in a greener, cleaner collection fleet, waste and recycling specialist, Grundon Waste Management, has unveiled the first two electric vehicles to join its fleet – including one powered directly by ...

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Wates teams up with NHDG to boost social housing retrofit

Building and property maintenance company, Wates, has become one of the first members of the newly formed National Homes Decarbonisation Group (NHDG) in a move that will help accelerate the social housing retrofit challenge. The Group will work together to ...

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Half of Mitie’s fleet is now made up of electric powered vehicles

Mitie has announced it has transitioned 50 per cent of its fleet to electric vehicles. The EV deployment is part of Mitie’s wider Plan Zero pledge, which includes a commitment to fully electrifying its fleet by the end of 2025. ...

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Over 50 per cent of built environment emissions could be reduced with existing technology by 2030

Industry players in the built environment have the potential to reduce emissions by more than 50 per cent by 2030 with currently available technologies, according to the latest analysis from McKinsey & Company (McKinsey) in collaboration with the Net Zero ...

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Over a third of businesses admit they haven’t begun to actively reduce emissions

Analysis of today’s ONS Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) by Reconomy Group, a leading global circular economy specialist, has revealed over a third of businesses are yet to take meaningful action on reducing emissions. Despite the climate emergency and ...

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Crown UK&I records 38% reduction in CO2e emissions

Crown Worldwide Group in the UK and Ireland (Crown UK&I) has reported a 38 per cent cut in its Scope 1 and 2 C02e emissions since 2019. Revealed in the region’s annual Sustainability Report, the reduction has been driven by ...

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Collective action

With the majority of emissions coming from existing, inefficient buildings, the built environment needs a change in behaviours to help meet net zero targets, says Mark Bruno, a Partner with Ampers and Partners and Chief Ambassador for the CUBE Competition ...

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UK organisations are ‘sleepwalking’ towards a building retrofit crisis

  This is the warning from a new report The Role of Retrofitting our Non-Domestic Buildings in the Race to Net Zero, by Ridge and Partners LLP, a multi-discipline property and construction consultancy. The report shows that fewer than one in ...

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Mitie publishes e-book on how to overcome the five biggest challenges to reaching net zero

Mitie has released a new e-book which explores the most common challenges faced by organisations looking to reach net zero and offers solutions on how to tackle them effectively. As one of the the UK’s leading facilities management company, Mitie’s ...

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