Signify supports Council’s sustainability initiative
Signify, a lighting specialist, is supporting Milton Keynes City Council in its long-term vision to create a world-leading, sustainable city. Signify was selected to upgrade 18,000 existing streetlights to LED, enabling the city to introduce innovation in terms of performance, quality of light, and connectivity to its lighting assets – and contribute to its climate […]
Siemon wins 2024 SEAL Business Sustainability Award
Siemon, a global provider of network infrastructure solutions, has been recognised with a 2024 SEAL Business Sustainability Award. The award honours companies demonstrating “exceptional commitment to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices”. This recognition underscores Siemon’s ongoing dedication to sustainable business operations across its global enterprise. “We are immensely proud to receive the 2024 SEAL […]
NAPIT and Utilita to offer low carbon technology courses
NAPIT Training has teamed up with Utilita to deliver the courses essential to meet the demand for installing low carbon technology in homes across the country. NAPIT Training is a leading provider of high-quality industry training, offering dedicated courses that enable candidates to achieve industry-recognised qualifications in their trade. The partnership with Utilita will see […]
Research reveals the cheapest way to reduce carbon emissions
New research from Drayton has found that a fully-zoned smart heating control system is the most cost-efficient way to reduce carbon emissions from heating systems. By developing a marginal abatement cost curve (MACC), the research from Drayton compares the cost-efficiency of heating controls against other energy efficiency measures, like loft and cavity wall insulation. Research […]
School heating system harnesses heat from thermal spring
A primary school and bowls pavilion in a South Wales village have switched to clean, renewable heating in an innovative way that cannot be replicated anywhere else in Wales. Ffynnon Taf Primary School and the Pavilion at Taff’s Well Bowling Club in Taff’s Well, Wales, have had a bold new heating system installed by Kensa, […]
Big brands back Circular Lighting Live 2024
Major lighting brands including Signify, Holophane, Glamox, ASD, Bell Lighting, Prime Light, Mymesh, Stoane Lighting, Light Projects Evolve, Trojan Lighting and Silent Design are all set to be involved in the upcoming Circular Lighting Live 2024 event. The companies have signed sponsorship and exhibiting deals for the one-day conference and exhibition, organised by lighting industry […]
BGEN appoints new Head of Sustainability
BGEN, one of the UK’s largest engineering firms supporting the energy transition, has appointed Amy Twist in the newly created role of Head of Sustainability. Amy will be responsible for driving BGEN’s goal of achieving net zero status, which involves finalising the company’s science-based targets in line with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), as […]
New MVHR system to tackle overheating in new build homes
Vent-Axia has launched the Lo-Carbon Sentinel Econiq Cool-Flow to help housebuilders manage overheating in new homes. A groundbreaking step for Vent-Axia, the innovative Lo-Carbon Sentinel Econiq Cool-Flow is the company’s latest flagship mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) system combined with its intelligent Econiq Cool-Flow Module. As global temperatures rise and homes become ever more […]
Natural refrigerant commercial heat pumps from Hamworthy Heating
Now available from Hamworthy Heating is the arrival of its new CO2 and CO2Q range of Tyneham monobloc heat pumps with natural refrigerant, to help future-proof investments. Designed to achieve high temperatures of up to 70°C with ultra-low global warming potential (GWP) of just one thanks to the use of R744 (CO2) refrigerant, the latest CO2 and […]
Schneider named world’s most sustainable company
Schneider Electric has topped the ‘World’s Most Sustainable Companies for 2024’ list by Time magazine and Statista. This recognition reflects Schneider Electric’s ambitious goals to reduce its own emissions, but also the company’s commitment to helping its customers to become more energy efficient and reduce their emissions. Time and Statista used a transparent, multi-stage methodology […]