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.
Heat pumps are "over-rated & oversold"
05 December 2008
The Telegraph newspaper puts the boot into heat pumps.
IT energy use out of control
01 December 2008
The electricity used by IT and communications systems as well as the gas used for catering in buildings continues to rocket and there is little m&e engineers can do about it, according to experts.
Market will bounce back in 2011
24 November 2008
The hvac market will shrink by 5 to 6 per cent over the next two years, but will come back strongly in 2011, according to new research.
Zero carbon targets under attack
19 November 2008
Over 60 per cent of scientists and engineers, who responded to an influential survey, believe zero carbon targets for buildings are not achievable.
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.