carbon

Lignacite

13 May 2025

Lignacite launches carbon-cutting ECO Range to power sustainable construction

Posted on by Max Banner

A multi-award-winning masonry supplier has unveiled its new range of eco-friendly blocks to sustainably power a British building boom. The new Lignacite ECO Range initially features concrete blocks made of 50% and 70% recycled materials – the Lignacite ECO 50 and Lignacite ECO 70.

Kooltech

13 May 2025

Kooltech: Grade II Listed London School Achieves Carbon Reduction

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The listed Victorian Gothic Revival ‘Riverside School’, which is situated along the Thames, has successfully implemented a comprehensive decarbonisation project. In collaboration with Kooltech, HOB Mechanical Services engineered a bespoke solution.

Nuaire

28 April 2025

Nuaire first UK ventilation manufacturer to use low carbon-emissions recycled & renewably produced steel

Posted on by Max Banner

Nuaire has announced that its Magnelis® steel based ventilations systems are now being made from XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel.

Showersave

21 February 2025

Showersave supports industry leaders in addressing Part L and Part G regulations

Posted on by Max Banner

Showersave has sponsored and participated in a recent Building Insights LIVE roundtable on ‘Water & Energy Saving Innovations in New Build Housing’.

Mitsubishi Electric

17 February 2025

MPs visit Mitsubishi Electric’s Manchester offices to discuss heat pumps and decarbonisation

Posted on by Max Banner

Mitsubishi Electric welcomed Andrew Western, MP for Stretford and Urmston, and Sir Mark Hendrick, MP for Preston, to its Manchester office and training centre.

Senior

03 February 2025

Senior takes the lead on sustainability with new appointment

Posted on by Max Banner

Senior Architectural Systems, the UK’s largest privately-owned manufacturer of aluminium windows, doors, and curtain walling, has appointed Luke Osborne to the newly created role of UK sustainability lead.

Vent-Axia

30 January 2025

Vent-Axia’s Embodied Carbon Calculations for Commercial Heat Recovery Aid Building Design

Posted on by Max Banner

To help with the design of low and zero-carbon buildings, leading ventilation manufacturer Vent-Axia has completed its embodied carbon calculations on its product portfolio.

Fire

07 January 2025

DensDeck: Why fire is a sustainability issue – the carbon cost of PV panel roof fires

Posted on by Max Banner

Failure to prevent fire spread and penetration from PV panels puts lives at risk and undermines the sustainability of a building – the words of Ieuan Compton – International Strategic Marketing Manager at Georgia-Pacific’s DensDeck, who writes this article…

Mitsubshi Electric

29 November 2024

Mitsubishi Electric: Sustainable heating for butterflies

Posted on by Max Banner

The indoor butterfly habitat at Chester Zoo is a purpose-built space that is now entirely heated by an air source heat pump system from Mitsubishi Electric.

Keller

26 November 2024

Keller Kitchens extends carbon farming collaboration

Posted on by Max Banner

Since 2021, DKG (parent company of Keller Kitchens and Bruynzeel) and ZLTO (association of farmers and horticulturists in the Dutch provinces Zeeland, North Brabant and South Gelderland) have been working together on a five-year pilot project – ‘Carbon Farming for CO2-storage in farmland’.