The draft London Plan aims to make the city zero carbon by 2050. Hilson Moran’s Marie-Louise Schembri looks at the benefits for end users
Category: Opinion
Mind the emissions gap
The government urgently needs to publish carbon-reduction policies if it is to meet emissions targets. Hywel Davies reports
LETI and the London Plan
Elementa’s Clara Bagenal George looks at the impact of the London Energy Transformation Initiative on the capital’s energy proposals
Achieving a green Brexit
The Withdrawal Bill could weaken the standards protecting our environment as 80% of environmental regulations derive from the EU, says Julie Godefroy
A new frontier for data
The probable impact of the forthcoming data protection regulations on technical products and services is beginning to emerge, says Hywel Davies
Smarten up or risk dumbing down your BMS
Modern integrated controls must have a clear maintenance strategy, says InTandem Systems’ Jon Belfield
A sense of direction – pathway for the future of European policy
Despite uncertainty around Brexit, there seems to be a greater sense of policy direction for energy, emissions and buildings, says Hywel Davies
Digitisation will force industry to standardise
Design tools will have to speak the same language for services to benefit from automated building engineering, says Atkins’ Isabelle Smith
Building the infrastructure for a zero carbon future
The UK must plan its infrastructure now if it is to decarbonise its energy, and engineers have the chance to tell ministers what is required, says David Fisk
What the Clean Growth Strategy means for building services engineers
The Clean Growth Strategy commits the UK to binding emissions targets until 2050. Hywel Davies looks at the details