All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 49
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CommentCountdown to COP26: A good start – but still a long way to go
As momentum builds towards COP26, developers are making impressive-sounding commitments with their net zero pathways and strategies
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NewsGalliford Try starts on £10m makeover of Perry Barr station ahead of Commonwealth Games
Scheme likened by one councillor to a ‘high quality garden shed’
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NewsLight at the end of the tunnel as Crossrail finally enters key testing phase
Delayed railway due to open in first half of next year
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FeaturesThe urgency of now: how can construction meet its green targets?
A report by the Climate Change Committee sets out a host of ambitious carbon reduction targets and points to where resources need to be focused. Thomas Lane looks at three of the areas of most interest to construction and assesses what it will take to meet the targets
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CommentFocus on design is critical as the optimism grows
Confidence is returning to the industry. We must use the renewed energy to ensure that we build in a responsible and resilient way, says Sadie Morgan
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NewsCoup for Mace as firm wins £570m Birmingham HS2 station
Curzon Street deal means contractor is building both start and finish stations on first section of route
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CommentCarbon targets have been set – now the hard work really starts
Turning well-meaning words about climate change into measurable action requires fundamental change across the industry, writes Mark Farmer
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NewsContractors readied as West End refurb job gets green light
Orms-designed scheme will provide retail and office space
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FeaturesNet Zero Live - Time for action
Not before time, construction is getting its act together on reducing carbon emissions, as Jordan Marshall found out at Building’s two-day Net Zero Live conference
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NewsMoD estates arm poaches HS2 procurement boss
David Poole takes on new role as commercial director for Defence Infrastructure Organisation
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FeaturesHS2's Kay Hughes: 'We see ourselves as catalysts for creative thinking'
The design director of Britain’s biggest - and arguably most controversial - infrastructure project talks about her ambition to leave a legacy of quality structures and landscapes along the route
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NewsGreen Homes Grant set for autumn reboot, Net Zero Live reveals
Business secretary indicated in talks that a replacement for the scrapped domestic energy efficiency scheme is expected later this year
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FeaturesThe modular buildings behind the UK’s renewable revolution
Renewable energy generation in the UK is on the rise. According to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, renewables - including wind, solar, hydro among others - accounted for 47% of electricity generation in the first quarter of 2020, up from 35.9% for the same period in 2019. ...
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NewsPlans for Manchester tower abandoned as HS2 buys site from Ballymore
Scheme to build 60-storey block has been mothballed for more than a decade
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NewsGovernment throws further support behind CLC’s plan to publish firms’ net zero progress
Construction minister confirms consultation on initiative to launch in May
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NewsGovernment needs to help industry achieve new net zero targets, experts warn
Technologies and plans need to be supported and funded, groups add
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NewsInfrastructure decarbonisation happening too slowly, CLC warns
Industry body wants sector to speed up process
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CommentThe retrofit innovations that we need at scale
We have the technology to reduce carbon emissions from our homes but take-up is slow - Sam Stacey looks at the quality of life benefits and the subsidy options
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Our hydrogen future
Interest in green hydrogen has escalated rapidly, so what are the benefits and challenges of this highly sustainable energy technology and what would a hydrogen revolution mean for the built environment?
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NewsAround 10% of buildings with ACM yet to start remediation
Four more buildings also discovered to contain the unsafe material