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...
Syntegra’s Quick Guide to Green Office Measures
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If we don’t take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on ...
National Infrastructure Strategy to drive sustainability
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The UK’s first National Infrastructure Strategy is due to be published this autumn and Syntegra is keen to see wh...
Investment in sustainability becoming mainstream for UK businesses, report indicates
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Significant numbers of UK businesses are planning to increase their environment-related investments over the ne...
Records broken for low-carbon options
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Once again as Brexit continues to dominate airtime, column inches and many a social media post, it can be hard to f...
Cities pledge to decarbonise buildings by 2050
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A project has been launched that will see a coalition of eight European cities, including Dublin and Leeds, compl...
Building a sustainable future with CLT
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With all eyes very much on the built environment getting its house in order in the sustainability spotlight, one so...
Developers urged to consider impacts on wildlife
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Developers have been warned to take more care to protect wildlife habitats when undertaking construction projects f...
It’s a snow-brainer – remote working is a sustainable business option
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It’s that time of year when we’ve all got one eye on the weather app or out of the window to check for snow and t...
From puddings to packaging: Inside the UK’s Christmas waste problem
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While the Christmas decorations have been taken down and everyone is immersing themselves at work again (and many o...
The Global Goals for Sustainable Development supported by Syntegra
In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 global goals for a better world by 2030. These goals have the power to end poverty, fight inequality and stop clim...
Zero carbon – international roadmap agreed
The Mayor of London has pledged to expand standards for zero-carbon new homes to all new buildings from next year as part of an international move to ...
How sustainable is this World Cup?
Now that we can all breathe again following Monday night’s World Cup wobble for England, we thought we’d share with you a great thought-inspiring read...
Syntegra seeks to strengthen its top team
Two new senior management profile roles have been created at the multi-discipline sustainability consultants Syntegra Group as they seek to expand ahe...
Keep the environment at the top of the news agenda
They say a week's a long time in politics so three weeks must be a lifetime.
That's how long has passed since the announcement of the...
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 seem...
Award winning project
A retrofit development that our consultants worked on has won a prestigious national award.
Print Works House in Fitzrovia, London, won the ‘Ho...
Water – don’t waste it, reuse it
With more than 5,700 articles written about it in 100+ countries last year alone, and an impressive 2.6 million website views, World Water Week could ...
Syntegra Acoustics Division Strengthened
Syntegra have recently appointed David Yates to the position of Associate Acoustic Consultant in order to strengthen the acoustics division of the com...
Syntegra shortlisted for industry award
The Syntegra team has been shortlisted for an architectural industry award for one of its projects.
Consultants worked on the retrofit development ...
Green Building Ratings – BREEAM
In today’s media, we see many ‘green buildings’ labelled as such upon construction – for example the Co-operative’s brand new office in Manchester at ...
Life Costing Analysis: Cost and Carbon Efficient Construction
Life-time cost and carbon savings can be easily made by making small simple specification changes to a base design of a building. The materials and co...
Sustainability- PV costs
Since 2001 the cost of residential PV systems has declined from £10,000 per kWp to current costs of £2,000 per kWp and even below. Several elements c...
133-135 Kew Road, Richmond – BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment Pre-Assessment
Syntegra Consulting has been appointed to conduct a BREEAM domestic refurbishment pre-assessment and energy strategy report for 133-135 Kew Road; clos...
