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.
Claim valuable tax breaks
07 January 2008
Enhanced Capital Allowances can unlock energy and water investments
Contractors face sustainability postcode lottery
18 December 2007
Construction industry reformer Sir Michael Latham calls for consistency and more focused leadership on the issue of sustainability.
M&E Sustainability sponsors energy centre
03 December 2007
M&E Sustainability (MES) is sponsoring the Centre for Efficient and Renewable Energy in Buildings (CEREB) at London South Bank University.
Energy certificates delayed
09 November 2007
The rollout of energy performance certificates (EPCs) has been delayed by six months.
Merton rule adapted to accept offsite renewables
09 November 2007
A new version of the planning policy statement will be published and is said to be "more ambitious about local renewable energy..."
Industry wastes one third of its time
09 November 2007
Research into productivity on UK building sites showed that 16% of the normal working day is lost because of poor productivity, seriously undermining attempts to be sustainable.
Construction projects are not sustainable
09 November 2007
Construction projects cannot be considered sustainable because they waste too much time and money, according to the Specialist Engineering Contractors' group.
HCFC users get final warning
09 November 2007
Refrigerant users are running out of time to comply with ozone depletion laws.
Offsite manufacture can cut carbon
09 November 2007
Greater use of prefabricated construction techniques could help deliver more sustainable buildings and help with deadline pressure and skill shortages.
You don't know what you're doing
09 November 2007
Specialist sub-contractors "don't know what to do" if they are brought into the design process at an early stage, according to a leading main contractor.