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Despite their greater commitment to resource efficiency, UK manufacturers – particularly SMEs – are reluctant to invest in ‘eco-design’ to reduce the environmental impact of their products.
A UK company that has found a way to store the energy from intermittent renewables, such as wind and solar, and turn them into hydrogen, is to test its off grid clean fuel technology in a Dutch-designed floating office, with the aim of delivering a world first in sustainable, zero carbon building solutions.
A low carbon technology that waterproofs, strengthens and extends the life of softwood by up to 50 years has been shown in trials to be able to turn MDF into a product for outdoor use that could revolutionise the use of the wood composite.
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has today questioned whether new Government guidance designed to help regional authorities assess their areas’ potential for renewable and low carbon energy, will do anything to help regions meet their renewable energy targets.
A new company has formed to partner with landowners, commercial property owners and managers, to build, own and operate wind and solar power generating assets on sites across the UK.
Major retailers and brands have signed up to new food waste and packaging targets that will see them focus on the carbon impact of packaging rather than its weight and include reducing the carbon impact of all grocery packaging by 10 per cent by 2012.
Two British clean technology firms have joined forces to deliver commercially viable, large-scale ‘carbon-negative’ buildings.
A new insulation product made from sustainably sourced hemp is offering a renewable and low carbon alternative to synthetic equivalents.
A waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) processor has opened the UK’s largest facility able to process and recycle hundreds of different household appliances an hour.
Sharp Solar general manager Andrew Lee talks to Louise Bateman about the future of solar in the UK and explains why the UK could become a global leader in solar PV uptake and renewable energy adoption.