Encouraging Innovation
Encouraging Innovation, Paul Foulkes, President, KNX UK Association 22 July 2021 Encouraging Innovation Complex control projects can throw up complex issues, leading to disputes that are costly and time consuming and, in turn, break what should ideally be long-term relationships. One way to avoid disputes is to play safe; another is to embrace innovation but […]
The future of the built environment
The future of the built environment, Martin Hurn, Event Director, Futurebuild 16 July 2021 The future of the built environment In 2019, the UK Government set an ambitious goal to reach net zero emissions by 2050. As one of the largest contributors to the UK’s carbon footprint, producing 42 per cent of carbon emissions, the […]
PAS 2035: A Roadmap to Industrial Scale, High-Quality Retrofit
Opinion Piece by David Pierpoint, CEO, The Retrofit Academy CIC 15 July 2021 PAS 2035: A Roadmap to Industrial Scale, High-Quality Retrofit Visit any retrofit installer at the minute and mention BSI PAS 2035, and there is a good chance you will be shown the door. And understandably so because change is uncomfortable. But give […]
Landlords. Do they want to help, or is it all Hot Air?
Opinion Piece by Peter Littlewood, iHowz and Steve Cox, Alan Boswell Group 08 July 2021 Landlords. Do they want to help, or is it all Hot Air? Whilst the demand from income investors, in recent years, has led to build to rent projects these have been focussed on students or those on above-average incomes (typically […]
Who really controls the sustainable future of the built environment?
Opinion Piece by John Adams, Head of Product, Glider Technology 25 June 2021 Who really controls the sustainable future of the built environment? In these changing times it’s not certain what the built environment of the future is going to look like. What is certain, is that with population increases expected until a predicted peak […]
Opinion Piece by Neil Thompson, Construction Innovation Hub
Opinion Piece by Neil Thompson, Programme Director, Construction Innovation Hub 18 June 2021 The case for digital has never been stronger Information Management can lead to significant benefits for organisations in the built environment and the wider economy – if we act now. The challenges we face as a sector are well […]
Opinion Piece by Elaine Lewis, Managing Director, Cadventure
Opinion Piece by Elaine Lewis, Managing Director, Cadventure 11 June 2021 Finding a solution to bridge skills gaps, could apprenticeships be the answer? With an ever-growing skill shortage among architects, engineers and construction professionals, we are increasingly aware, as an industry, of the need to encourage young people into our arena. But […]
Opinion Piece by Ian Rippin, CEO, MCS
Opinion Piece by Ian Rippin, CEO, Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) 04 June 2021 In our recent landmark report – Renewing Britain – MCS provided a comprehensive analysis of the changing landscape of small-scale renewable energy since 2008. What we found is that the landscape for small-scale renewables has changed dramatically over the […]
Opinion Piece by Laura Bishop – GSHPA
Opinion Piece by Laura Bishop, GSHPA 24 May 2021 Since November 2020 when Boris Johnson announced the much vaunted ‘600,000 heat pumps per year by 2028’, the conversation surrounding the decarbonisation and electrification of heat has increased enormously. There are many benefits of switching to heat pumps including carbon emissions reduction by […]