Support for all of those involved in the housing market, from renters and buyers to builders, and measures to help the construction industry to work safely during the pandemic, has led to an increase in the number of completed homes, new housebuilding figures show. The official statistics show 35,710 homes were started in July to […]
Rolls-Royce is planning to build 16 Small Modular Reactors, and says the first one could be on the grid by 2031 (Credit: Rolls-Royce). Rolls-Royce is planning to build 16 Small Modular Reactors, and says the first one could be on the grid by 2031. For many, nuclear power stations are eyesores – great slabs of […]
UK’S 1ST COHESIVE HOMES SCHEME, TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY OF NOTTINGHAM Ambitious plans for a ‘ground-breaking’ cohesive-use scheme at Nottingham’s The Island Quarter development have been submitted. The latest phase – which is the flagship of Conygar’s The Island Quarter development – would include a 223-room hotel, 247 residential apartments and an extensive food and […]
Flickr/Creative Commons License/Nicolás Boullosa Wikkelhouse, by Amsterdam-based Fiction Factory This time of year, paper and cardboard are omnipresent materials. One-time-use boxes, bags, and sacks have proliferated during the pandemic because of the increase in mail-order and food delivery services, and enjoyed another spike during the holiday gift-giving season. According to the Fibre Box Association, corrugated […]
Many of us are aware of nuclear energy’s destructive power, but could it also hold the secret to greener energy. With much of the United States depending on coal-fired plants, there have been mass calls for renewable green energy. With this at hand, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has recently approved tiny nuclear reactor designs. […]
Planning consent has been granted for Legal & General Modular Homes to build 185 homes in Bristol – after they are shipped in from a factory in Yorkshire. The scheme, which has been developed in conjunction with Bristol City Council, will see two-, three- and four- bedroom houses along with one- and two-bedroom apartments developed […]
India has the world’s worst air pollution. Home to 21 of the world’s 30 most polluted cities, its toxic air kills more than one million people each year. That’s partly because the South Asian nation is the world’s second largest brick producer. Brick kilns — which account for 20% of black carbon emissions globally — […]
SSE Renewables, together with its 50:50 joint venture partner, Equinor, has reached financial close on the first two phases of what will be the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. The two companies are proceeding with the first two phases of Dogger Bank Wind Farm, a ground-breaking project off the north east coast of England which, […]
MORE than 2,500 factory-made low carbon houses could be pumped out in Oxford in the near future. The new homes could be modular, meaning they would be made of pre-assembled pieces a bit like giant LEGO, and must also help to reduce the carbon emissions caused by buildings in the city. Oxford City Council’s own […]
Winners include Impact Capital, Melius Homes and Totally Modular Six offsite builders have been selected for a place on a £400m framework to build homes for housing associations. Modular builders on the offsite housing framework include the newly formed Impact Modular, and Melius Homes, set up by Zero Carbon Hub founder David Adams and Willmott […]