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Sustainable constructions top story features UK and Scottish governments ink agreement to boost clean energy investment New deal will see Great British Energy work with Scottish public bodies to accelerate development of clean tech supply chains The UK and Scottish governments will today pledge to work closely together to catalyse increased investment in clean energy projects and supply chains and ease barriers faced by renewables developers... Check out the full story 👉 https://zurl.co/xHJR (BusinessGreen) #sustainable #energy

Sustainable Construction's article of the day! The British Library installs innovative solar tech to decarbonise heat – penning a brighter, greener future. The British Library and CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) have commissioned Naked Energy to deliver the UK’s largest solar heat project to accelerate the public building’s transition to renewable energy. Check out the full story 👉 https://zurl.co/V2Nd (Building Design & Construction - BDC) #sustainable #renewableenergy

Did you catch today's top story? Bill Gates-backed Mission Zero Technologies has detailed its plans for a third carbon removal system to be delivered within a year. Check out the full story on BusinessGreen: https://lnkd.in/ejrGsxUJ #sustainablity #construction #netzero #zerocarbon

Government pushed to review energy efficiency policies as warm homes plan report issued to MPs. One of the UK’s leading energy and compliance services providers to the social housing sector, Sureserve, has submitted a report to the Government, outlining key recommendations aimed at enhancing the energy efficiency policies in the forthcoming Warm Homes Plan. The report, which follows The Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, makes recommendations for changes for the Warm Homes Plan, and has been sent to a... Check out the full story 👉 https://zurl.co/oWdv (PBC Today & BIM Today) #sustainable #construction

Don’t miss out! We’re looking forward to the Energy Management Summit next week and can’t wait to connect with you. Join us on the 8th & 9th of October at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre, London Heathrow. This is a key event for the Energy industry and there are limited spaces left, so don't hesitate to secure your place! Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/dCAck3U #FEEnergySummit

Green heat networks: Over 30 schemes secure £2.7m in government funding. Local authority, housing association, health, and education sector projects awarded funds under government's @Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) More than 30 projects in England and Wales are to share £2.7m in funding through the sixth round of the government's Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES). The latest funding awards - which were confirmed... Check out the full story 👉 https://zurl.co/b26u (BusinessGreen) #construction #sustainable

Launch of National Energy System Operator hailed as 'pivotal moment' for UK. New independent public body has been tasked with overseeing Britain's shift to a clean, cheaper and more resilient energy system. Britain's National Energy System Operator (NESO) will officially launch today, taking up the task of overseeing the shift to more secure, affordable, and fully decarbonised energy system for homes and businesses in what it has been hailed as a "pivotal moment" for the nation's net zero transition... Check out the full story 👉 https://zurl.co/pwbW (BusinessGreen) #sustainableconstruction

CfD scheme should stop awarding repowering projects, price cap champion urges. In his report for the Centre for Policy Studies thinktank, A Cheaper Route to Net Zero , former Conservative MP John Penrose argues that energy customers’ bills are “stuffed with extra costs imposed by clunky old rules about how power is generated, regulated, traded, stored and transmitted”. Modernising those rules could deliver savings, running to “hundreds of pounds per household”, cut taxpayer subsidies, make British manufacturing more competitive... Check out the full story 👉 https://zurl.co/tB7g (edie) #sustainableconstruction #netzero

Caldera develops solar energy megacell to aid switch. UK start-up company Caldera is developing a solar energy megacell, intended to help industry switch from gas to solar. Caldera, a UK start-up company, is developing a solar energy ‘megacell,’ to aid industry in the switch from gas heating to solar power... Check out the full story 👉 https://zurl.co/3YFd (PBC Today & BIM Today) #construction #sustainable

1,000 days from launch, what is the Net Zero Public Sector Buildings Standard delivering? Scottish Government launched the Net Zero Public Sector Buildings Standard at COP26 as a voluntary initiative. Expressing net zero intentions for projects is complex and nuanced, with early adoption and refinement best led by public bodies’ commitment, rather than compulsion by government. We didn’t know what the uptake would be, but for large, high-profile projects, many public bodies have readily embraced it. It has delivered real change already, and has the potential to lead a lot more as the approximately 23,000 public buildings in Scotland continue their journey to net zero by 2045... Check out the full story 👉 https://zurl.co/8RwJ (PBC Today & BIM Today) #sustainable #netzero