Complex public sector sites – such as hospitals, prisons, and military barracks – could achieve a 70% reduction in carbon emissions by 2032 with an average capital cost of £12.6m per site, according to a two-year innovation pilot. The Modern Energy Partners (MEP) innovation programme was tasked with exploring how to decarbonise the public sector […]
Plans for the UK’s first £165m Plastic Park – designed to tackle a share of the UK’s 4.9 million tonnes of annual plastic waste – have moved a step closer. Peel NRE, part of Peel L&P, has submitted a planning application for the Plastic Park to be developed at Protos, the company’s strategic energy and […]
House by Urban Splash has delivered six of its factory-built homes to the development along with partner Peel L&P. The houses include the three-storey Town House design and the Row House – which will be making its debut at Wirral Waters. Each has been set up in Wirral Waters’ East Float area, which faces East […]
The North East is famous for its walls – Hadrian’s is probably the best known but various town and city walls across the region are also of great historic significance. Every year, millions of people visit them and marvel at the engineering skills displayed by their construction. However, a similarly impressive set of […]
Booming hydrogen market heralds water technology opportunities Global market could grow to be worth up to US$12 trillion Opportunities for water technology suppliers Particular focus expected on green hydrogen projects The hydrogen economy is at the start of a period of growth, with the size of the global market predicted to […]
Modular housing developer ilke Homes is eyeing a pipeline of 10,000 factory-built homes over the next five years after securing £60m in new funding from Homes England and several other investors. The developer said that regulatory pressures and ESG criteria have pushed the industry to scale up its modular construction strategies. Modular developers like ilke […]
Mambu Powers New Challenger Bank GBB To Help UK Government Meet House Building Target by Tyler Smith The SaaS Cloud Banking platform Mambu has been selected to power the latest digital offering of the new British bank GBB. Founded to get Britain building, with a particular focus on property and development finance, GBB will act […]
“A total modular solution”: Euramax and MGI MD on ambitious plans for growth Nick Cowley joined Euramax Solutions as its new Managing Director in 2019 – but not long afterwards, he learned the company’s existing owners were planning to sell. What could have been a challenging and uncertain moment turned into a major opportunity, however, […]
Tokamak Energy has demonstrated a transformative magnet protection technology that improves the commercial viability of fusion power plants. This next generation technology delivers higher performance than alternative magnet systems. Results from the latest tests validate a revolutionary approach to scaling up high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets, which are highly resilient to plasma disruptions. The technology, […]
Parkside is a new 1,500m2 building designed and built as a collaborative and creative space for Imperial War Museums’ staff in Southwark, London. The three-storey building provides a flexible workspace for 180 staff with formal and informal meeting areas, a café and breakout spaces. Parkside is designed to support IWM in fulfilling its vital mission […]