Be good, for goodness sake!

It’s the time of year when lists are frantically being drawn up with wish lists for Santa and checklists for festive feast ingredients. And it seems US President Donald Trump has been joining in the Christmas spirit with a list of his own – his new national security strategy has just been unveiled with details […]

Business As Usual For Building Services

The building services industry should assume that European regulations that currently affect the UK will still be in force immediately after Britain leaves the European Union (EU) in 2019, says CIBSE technical director Hywel Davies. ‘Leaving the EU will change nothing immediately – at least in terms of legislation that affects our industry,’ said Davies, […]

CO2 Emissions – we can’t afford to ignore them

Nobody said changing public attitudes to tackle climate change would happen overnight. The international community was always going to struggle with different perceptions of the problem, its scale and causes. And scientists and policymakers realised early on during the debate that they would face challenges and criticism over the long haul. In the space of […]

EU Carbon emissions down in 2012 due to double dip recession

Greenhouse gas emissions from stationary installations by the 27 countries that participate in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), plus Norway, were down last year by 1.4% when compared with the figure for 2011.  In 2012, some 1.876mn tonnes of greenhouse gases were emitted. To a certain part, the reduction of emissions of […]

European Commission takes first step towards 2030 framework for EU climate change

The European Commission has began to consider the next step to developing a 2030 framework for EU climate change and energy policies by launching a Green Paper consultation of the content of the 2030 framework. The Green Paper will question: –              The type, nature and level of climate and energy targets that should be set […]

EU launches 2030 energy targets debate

The EU has launched a Green Paper consultation to help develop the framework for the 2030 energy and climate change policies. The paper asks · What lessons can be learnt from the 2020 framework? Which targets for 2030 will be the most effective for driving the objectives and at what level should they be applied. […]

Keep Climate Change in the Curriculum

Have you heard that Michael Gove, Minister for Education, is planning to remove the study of climate change for all children under 14? Climate change is the most pressing and threatening issue facing us and it will be the youth of today who feel the impacts greater than any generation before. Climate change must be […]

Carbon Reduction Consultancy

The CRC (Carbon Reduction Commitment) is mandatory carbon emissions reporting and pricing scheme introduced in April 2010.  Its fundamental focus was to reduce the carbon footprint in public and private commercial sectors as they are responsible for 10% of the UK’S emissions. Syntegra Consulting Ltd can advise clients how to meet legislation’s set up in […]

Taking the Measure of it

The UK target of an 80% cut in carbon by 2050 has been around for a while now. However, while it’s a big number, it’s also sufficiently far away for it to be someone else’s problem. That’s all going to change, because the government are committed at the recommendation of the independent Committee on Climate […]

Construction’s Green Investments are set to increase by 17%.

Both the materials and the constructions sector are set to increase their greening businesses by 17 % a year over the next 3 years, faster than the other industry sector, according to research published this week. All sectors will increase their spending in the green markets by 11-17% a year but construction will outpace 19 […]