Entries by Lyn

Polystyrene and Luxury Buildings

Luxury bespoke homes are those that stand out from the crowd – a place that is truly unique and the team behind Agilitee have made their name in providing impressive houses on the market. However, from the outside you would not be aware that the buildings all have something in common – they were built […]

FUEL OF THE FUTURE

Founder and CEO, Tim Davies Importance of Global Net Zero underlined as KPMG Private Enterprise names HiiROC Global Tech Innovator 2022. In November, HiiROC was named winner of the KPMG Private Enterprise Global Tech Innovator award at the final event in Lisbon, Portugal, overcoming fierce competition from over 1,100 applicants across 22 countries and jurisdictions […]

Transforming the Approach to Affordable Housing

New design guide to transform Scotland’s approach to affordable housing A new catalogue of net zero carbon building designs could provide a significant boost to Scotland’s affordable housing sector, as part of a standardised approach for local authorities and housing associations to adopt across a range of future developments. The energy-efficient design and performance standards […]

Kingspan KoolDuct and Kooltherm Pipe Insulation installed on low carbon training centre

Kingspan Kooltherm Pipe Insulation and The Kingspan KoolDuct System have been fitted as part of a new training school developed by Nuenta and Ecoforest, supporting installers to make the transition to new, low carbon heating approaches. The state-of-the-art Ecoforest UK training school in Cannock was officially opened at the start of July. The facility is […]

US-BASED MODULAR BUILDING SPECIALIST ANNOUNCES UK EXPANSION

Global modular building specialist, Volumetric Building Companies (VBC), has announced ambitious plans to expand in the UK.   VBC is on track to become a $1bn modular construction company over the next three years and is now targeting the UK build-to-rent, affordable housing, student accommodation, and hotel sectors.   This follows VBC’s merger with Polish […]

Time for Timber

On Tuesday 1 November 2022, the Time for Timber team handed out trees at Manchester Piccadilly train station to raise awareness of its latest campaign to promote the use of timber as a low-carbon building material.   The UK has set itself ambitious targets of reaching net zero by 2050, and if the carbon output […]

Inspirational Modular Housing Development Completed

THE first large-scale affordable modular housing development in Scotland has been completed within budget and one month ahead of schedule. Delivered by Riverside Scotland and Connect Modular, part of The Wee House Group, the ‘groundbreaking’ £9.8 million project will provide 63 low energy affordable homes in Dundonald in South Ayrshire. The gold accredited Secured by […]

Sunshine Energy System

New energy system set to reduce carbon emissions and provide homeowners with annual savings on their energy bills goes live in Nottingham An award-winning community energy scheme in Nottingham has introduced a brand-new energy system, which predicts to reduce residents’ energy bills over the next year. Trent Basin is a housing development currently made up […]

Large Scale Lithium Refinery Announced

The UK is announcing its first large-scale lithium refinery – to make electric vehicle (EV) batteries and materials used for other renewable energy projects. Middlesbrough will host the facility, owned by Green Lithium, which will look to put the UK on the map when it comes to production of the metal. Currently, East Asia accounts […]

GERMANY – SECURSUN AGREEMENT

Bernhard Suchland (CEO SUNOTEC), Kaloyan Velichkov (CEO SUNOTEC), Holger Stabernack (CEO securenergy solutions AG) and Karsten Becker (CEO securenergy solutions AG) Following a long-standing partnership, SUNOTEC, the international general contractor for the construction of large-scale solar plants, and the German project developer securenergy solutions AG have joined forces via the joint venture SECURSUN. The joint […]