Developing Solutions in the UK’s “Highest Emitting Sector” Dec 11, 2019 Liana Cipcigan, Co-Director of the Electrical Vehicle Centre of Excellence at Cardiff University, has stated the need to make rapid changes in the transport industry to help tackle climate change. Speaking at the recent Building Zero Carbon Britain event he said, “transport is the highest emitter of greenhouse gases out of all sectors” and she […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Building the Sustainable Communities of Tomorrow Dec 11, 2019 Juliette Morgan, Head of Campus at British Land has highlighted the huge potential carbon savings within the construction industry. She said, speaking at the recent Building Zero Carbon Britain conference: “There are 30 gigatons of potential C02 reduction in our sector until 2030.” British Land are behind plans to create a new £4bn town in […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Tackling Climate Emergency Means Going Beyond the “Politically Possible” Dec 11, 2019 Co-Leader of the Green Party Jonathan Bartley has said at the recent Building Zero Carbon Britain event that tackling the climate emergency means going with what “the science demands and not what is seen as politically possible.” Bartley noted that in 2017 the climate emergency was scarcely discussed, yet now “50-60% of people will take […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
UK at Risk of Missing 2050 Net Zero Targets Dec 11, 2019 A call to action on climate change has been issued by a Senior Policy Advisor at independent think tank Green Alliance who declared at the recent Building Zero Carbon Britain, “the UK is not on track to meet its 4th and 5th carbon budgets to 2032, and the gap is even bigger if we consider […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
UK Construction & Property Events Worth Attending in 2020 Dec 10, 2019 The construction and property industry is in a fascinating place. On one side there is major disruption and uncertainty with skills, housing, Brexit and more creating massive challenges which need to be overcome. On the other hand innovative smart solutions are offering ways to combat barriers, whilst ambitious infrastructure projects including HS2, Northern Powerhouse Rail […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Police and Crime Commissioners Leading on Estates Strategy Dec 6, 2019 Police and Crime Commissioner’s across the country are increasingly focused on estate strategy, our Blue Light Estates Development Conference has heard. When the role was first created in 2012 the commissioners were given particularly broad portfolios, being tasked with ensuring the overall performance of the service. Many of the commissioners have devolved more powers to […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Design Innovation Redefining the Possible Within Blue Light Estates Dec 6, 2019 “This is a very exciting time for construction and suddenly everything is possible” – declared Jami Cresser-Brown, Director of Creative Technology at Bryden Wood, at our recent Blue Light Estates Development Conference. During the hour-long Q&A session Cresser-Brown challenged conventional notions of best practice as an achievable benchmark: “Best practice in its very nature […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Ageing Estates Issue Provides Green Renewal Opportunities Dec 6, 2019 Ageing estates across the blue light sector have promoted calls for a serious renewal of the sector, with Alex Brown Head of Property, Capital Projects and Estates at Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue warning of the “very real potential for real asset failure.” Speaking at our Blue Light Estates Development Conference Brown explained the depth […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Cross-Service “Tri-Light” Cooperation Leading the Blue Light Sector Dec 6, 2019 Emergency services and their estates are becoming increasingly interlinked,our recent Blue Light Estates Development Conference has heard. A number of different pressures have pushed emergency services closer together, making such cooperation an increasing norm across estates and providing services. The impact of austerity and the push of the government from 2010 onwards towards consolidation of […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
The ‘Finite Mindset’ is Holding Back the Construction Sector Dec 6, 2019 “We have to get better” The case that the construction industry needs to look beyond the short-term was made passionately at our Blue Light Estates Development Conference by Jason Hallas – Corporate Partner and Regional Framework Manager at Willmott Dixon. Hallas expressed the notion that this attitude had bred a culture which is slow to […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
