Tag Archives: Net Zero

Consultant Useful Projects is to develop a carbon management plan for the ICE, aimed at reducing the Institution’s carbon emissions. This initiative is supported by ICE’s member-led Decarbonisation Community Advisory Board. The Institution said it is a significant step in its ongoing efforts to achieve net zero by 2050. The…

Everyone, everywhere, is grappling with questions related to climate change. How can we adapt existing infrastructure to reduce flooding? How can we prepare our cities for hotter summers? How can we reach net zero? These questions are in response to changes the world is facing and to legal targets. London…

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is seeking suppliers to join its £500M Energy and Net Zero Professional Services framework.

The decarbonisation of buildings, ports, airports, railways, water plant and other infrastructure is a key enabler for achieving a net zero economy. By making transport and essential public services more sustainable, the owners and managers of this infrastructure can support green clusters of economic activity and make a difference far…

The government’s 2023 Carbon Budget Delivery Plan will face a judicial review after a High Court judge ruled in favour of a legal challenge which said the justification for the plan was “irrational”.

It is imperative for organisations working in the energy transition supply chain to secure supply of key materials, including critical minerals, to avoid “overall system vulnerability”, according to stakeholders in the sector.

Launched by the government in October 2011, the Green Construction Board has provided expert advice for industry and government for more than a decade. In 2016 it joined forces with the ICE to produce PAS 2080, the world’s first specification for decarbonising buildings and infrastructure.

Gatwick Airport has developed a cloud-based geospatial data platform to make engineering and construction works safer by reducing accidental strikes on buried utilities.

Last month, the National Grid Electricity Systems Operator (ESO) published its ambitious £58bn plan to achieve decarbonisation by 2035, suggesting connecting offshore wind parks to the grid via a cross-country “electrical spine”.

Achieving decarbonisation goals requires both the development of a huge range of new infrastructure as well as retrofitting existing facilities.