carbon

Showersave

21 February 2025

Showersave supports industry leaders in addressing Part L and Part G regulations

Posted on by Max Banner

Showersave has sponsored and participated in a recent Building Insights LIVE roundtable on ‘Water & Energy Saving Innovations in New Build Housing’.

Mitsubishi Electric

17 February 2025

MPs visit Mitsubishi Electric’s Manchester offices to discuss heat pumps and decarbonisation

Posted on by Max Banner

Mitsubishi Electric welcomed Andrew Western, MP for Stretford and Urmston, and Sir Mark Hendrick, MP for Preston, to its Manchester office and training centre.

Senior

03 February 2025

Senior takes the lead on sustainability with new appointment

Posted on by Max Banner

Senior Architectural Systems, the UK’s largest privately-owned manufacturer of aluminium windows, doors, and curtain walling, has appointed Luke Osborne to the newly created role of UK sustainability lead.

Vent-Axia

30 January 2025

Vent-Axia’s Embodied Carbon Calculations for Commercial Heat Recovery Aid Building Design

Posted on by Max Banner

To help with the design of low and zero-carbon buildings, leading ventilation manufacturer Vent-Axia has completed its embodied carbon calculations on its product portfolio.

Fire

07 January 2025

DensDeck: Why fire is a sustainability issue – the carbon cost of PV panel roof fires

Posted on by Max Banner

Failure to prevent fire spread and penetration from PV panels puts lives at risk and undermines the sustainability of a building – the words of Ieuan Compton – International Strategic Marketing Manager at Georgia-Pacific’s DensDeck, who writes this article…

Mitsubshi Electric

29 November 2024

Mitsubishi Electric: Sustainable heating for butterflies

Posted on by Max Banner

The indoor butterfly habitat at Chester Zoo is a purpose-built space that is now entirely heated by an air source heat pump system from Mitsubishi Electric.

Keller

26 November 2024

Keller Kitchens extends carbon farming collaboration

Posted on by Max Banner

Since 2021, DKG (parent company of Keller Kitchens and Bruynzeel) and ZLTO (association of farmers and horticulturists in the Dutch provinces Zeeland, North Brabant and South Gelderland) have been working together on a five-year pilot project – ‘Carbon Farming for CO2-storage in farmland’.

Troldtekt

10 October 2024

Troldtekt: Renovation and transformation can lead the way to a lower carbon footprint in construction

Posted on by Max Banner

A significant part of the world’s CO2 emissions comes from the production of building materials. In a new online theme, Troldtekt focuses on successful transformations and renovations of existing buildings.  

Hush

20 September 2024

Hush Acoustics provides reverberation solution for new eco-friendly school sports hall

Posted on by Max Banner

The acoustic environment inside a highly sustainable sports hall building, which was recently built at a school on the south coast of England, has been optimised with high performance sound absorber panels from Hush Acoustics.

Mitsubishi Electric

13 September 2024

Mitsubishi Electric: Strategies for achieving net zero in the construction industry

Posted on by Max Banner

Decarbonising the UK’s building stock presents a challenge for several reasons. Rachel Lekman, from the Sustainability & Construction Team at Mitsubishi Electric, writes the following article…