Report outlines broader UK green recovery
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The UK Government has been urged to adopt a broader "green recovery" approach focusing on policies for biodiver...
Government unveils ‘radical’ energy efficiency standards for homes and office
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All homes and business premises in the UK will be required to meet new energy efficiency standards that reduce ...
WELL Building standard certification service now available
If there is one thing the past year’s focus on the COVID-19 crisis has brought to the public’s attention, it’s the importance of health and mental wel...
Gas grid companies collaborate to outline hydrogen deployment plans
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Britain's five major gas grid companies have launched a major collaborative plan to create the UK's first hydro...
Call for more air quality information to help change behaviour
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Almost 90% of people in a UK survey on air quality said the public does not enough information on air pollution...
UK’s net-zero target under threat through lack of green laws, new report warns as Johnson unveils new 10-point plan
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A lack of legislative requirements on key sectors and infrastructure are putting the UK's net-zero target at ri...
New Director in key air quality role
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Syntegra has appointed a new Director of Air Quality to boost company credentials in this key area of business....
£1bn Salix funding announced and Syntegra call to action for additional cash to match £450m German ventilation fund
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UK grants are available to businesses and homeowners to reduce carbon footprint and boost t...
The new Green Homes Grant
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Residents in England are now eligible for Government funding of up to £10,000 towards the cost of energy effici...
All UK domestic electricity to be wind-powered within 10 years, PM pledges
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced plans for every home in the UK to be powered with electri...
New Basement Impact Assessment Service launched
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To help meet the current demand for basement development projects, Syntegra has decided to launch a new Basemen...
Green Finance Institute gathers businesses for taskforce to decarbonise UK heating systems
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Green Finance Institute has gathered together representatives from a variety of businesses with experts from lo...
Call to reduce dangerous levels of air pollution around schools
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More than a quarter of the UK’s schools, nurseries and colleges are in areas with ‘dangerously high’ levels of...
Calls for a Government hydrogen strategy
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The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has urged the UK Government to implement a Hydrogen Strategy to help de...
AC systems maintenance key in COVID-19 crisis
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It’s a message we keep hearing from the Government and medical advisors during the coronavirus crisis – ‘we’re ...
Renewables generation accelerating, report forecasts
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As much as 65% of the UK's energy demand could be met by renewable generation within a decade, according to the...
UK broke renewable energy generation record in 2019, new figures reveal
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A record 37.1% of electricity generated in the UK last year was renewable, according to the latest annual energ...
Poor air quality still more of a threat to life than coronavirus
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]My head was turned by a headline I spotted last week during my routine media scans proclaiming that poor air qualit...
UK’s electricity system could be carbon-negative from 2033, new report suggests
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Operators of the UK’s National Grid have predicted the country’s electricity supply could capture, offset or ab...
Defra unveils multi-million pound Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment fund
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The UK Government has unveiled plans for a new £5m Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment to protect the envi...
Onshore wind and solar ‘could boost UK economy by £29bn’
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Barriers to onshore ‘shovel-ready’ renewable energy projects should be lifted by the Department for Business, E...
Green Home Grant 2020 announced
The UK Chancellor has unveiled a huge package of measures to spark a 'green recovery with concern for the environment at its heart'.
Under his program...
Covid recovery plan – ‘once in a lifetime chance’ for net-zero economy
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The UK’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has published what it described as a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ plan to he...
Historic planning overhaul unveiled to get Britain back in business
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled what he describes as ‘the most radical reforms to our planning sys...
