9th February 2016
The Battle of Britain at the BREEAM Awards 2016
The Education & Health category in this year’s BREEAM Awards 2016 is a real life ‘Battle of Britain’.
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25th September 2015
Inspiring places: Think Low Carbon Centre
Any building can be designed and made to conserve energy; Think Low Carbon is a mindset for smarter energy use in buildings by promoting the technology and techniques needed to make business and homes low carbon. A lot of these technologies and techniques are demonstrated in the Think Low Carbon Centre based on Barnsley College’s … Continue reading “Inspiring places: Think Low Carbon Centre”
25th September 2015
China-UK Low Carbon Construction Industrialisation
Report from Jaya Skandamoorthy China has the largest construction programme in the world and is the biggest carbon emitter, and the need for China to develop green and low carbon construction on an industrial scale is without doubt one of the greatest challenges for the global built environment. In recent years the Chinese Government has … Continue reading “China-UK Low Carbon Construction Industrialisation”
29th September 2015
The secret to unlocking investment in low carbon measures
New publication: Producing the business case for investment in energy efficiency “One of the biggest obstacles to the uptake of low-carbon measures is the production of a poor business case. The Dragon’s Den scenario, in which entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to secure investment, holds in that unless the business case stacks up and can take … Continue reading “The secret to unlocking investment in low carbon measures”
6th July 2016
Route map for low carbon concrete
Approximately 5% of the global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caused by humans currently arise from cement production. As a consequence, there is commercial interest in developing low-carbon cements and related binders suitable for use ‘at scale’ in concrete production. One variety of these is known as ‘alkali-activated binders’ or ‘AA binders’. Alkali-activated binders and concretes … Continue reading “Route map for low carbon concrete”
3rd August 2016
Research on novel cements to reduce CO2 emissions
‘Concrete is likely to continue to be the primary volume construction material for most structural applications and its use is likely to grow in future. Portland cement (PC) and blended PCs are currently the only economic binders for concrete that can match the performance and durability requirements under the wide range of conditions to which … Continue reading “Research on novel cements to reduce CO2 emissions”
4th July 2018
5 years on and the futures bright for BRE National Solar Centre
In 2013, Greg Barker, the then Minister State for Energy and Climate Change officially opened the BRE National Solar Centre, the UK solar industry was flourishing with approximately 8,800 new PV systems being installed every month adding over 1.1GW of capacity within the year. A lot has changed for solar over the last 5 years. … Continue reading “5 years on and the futures bright for BRE National Solar Centre”
18th May 2017
Hotel Operators set energy saving challenge for Hertfordshire SMEs
Hertfordshire’s top hotels are challenging local SMEs to come up with innovative solutions to help them reduce their energy consumption. The Hotel Low Carbon Challenge, launched this week by the Hertfordshire Low Carbon Innovation Network, is being run by building science centre BRE in partnership with the Green Triangle and Synoptic Technologies and is part-funded … Continue reading “Hotel Operators set energy saving challenge for Hertfordshire SMEs”
30th November 2016
BRE supporting strategic heating plans for local & national authorities
BRE co-funds Stratego project which introduces integrated approach across Europe while providing local and national authorities with actionable heating strategies and plans BRE’s strategic energy team, together with the Scottish Government, the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Euroheat & Power and twelve other European partners, have been scrutinising a new integrated approach to the … Continue reading “BRE supporting strategic heating plans for local & national authorities”
24th May 2016
BRE introduces new test programme and guidance for low carbon cements
BRE is now offering testing services related to new performance standard PAS 8820, which has been developed for manufacturers, specifiers and designers of concrete containing alkali-activated cementitious material (ACCM*). Designed to encourage the use of AACMs in the construction industry because of their low carbon and improved fire resistance properties and resistance to chemicals and … Continue reading “BRE introduces new test programme and guidance for low carbon cements”
