News Listing
Our news service focuses exclusively on the m&e sustainability agenda. We provide updates ranging from new European legislation to engineers unveiling their latest innovations. This is a resource to help you to react quickly to changes and to keep your clients in the picture.
Survey says energy efficiency is not a factor in choice of home
10 November 2008
Homeowners have only a patchy understanding of energy efficiency with few seeing it as an important factor in their choice of house.
Skills gap holding back renewables
06 November 2008
The market for environmental products and services will reach $2,740 billion a year by 2020, but there is a huge skills gap to be filled first.
Backing for climate change bill
01 November 2008
The industry has welcomed the decision to include emissions from transport in the newly passed Climate Change Bill.
Energy benchmarks published
30 October 2008
CIBSE has produced a set of energy benchmarks to help engineers meet energy certificate requirements.
ASHRAE launches plan to cut energy use by 40 per cent
22 October 2008
Energy use in buildings can be cut by up to 40 per cent without the need for new technologies, according to ASHRAE.
Building operation is key to sustainability
21 October 2008
Engineers need to improve communications with building operators to achieve sustainable goals, says graduate engineer of the year.
Feed in tariffs boost for microgen
20 October 2008
The Government is poised to introduce feed-in tariffs for CHP and PV.
EU considers tough new insulation law
19 October 2008
The EU is about to announce a dramatic increase in domestic insulation requirements.
Contractors will make or break national targets
13 October 2008
M&E firms are the key influencers in the process to make existing homes more sustainable.
UN predicts doubling of global environmental market
09 October 2008
The 'green' economy will deliver tens of millions of new jobs in the next 20 years, according to a United Nations report.