26 Jan 2021

The government has published a summary of responses and its response to the recent consultation on the Future Homes Standard: All homes and business facilities will be required to meet new energy efficiency standards that reduce energy consumption and lower bills by 2025, after the Government finally outlined responses to the Future Homes Standard. There […]

19 Jan 2021

UK water companies have joined forces as part of the international Race to Zero campaign, pledging to deliver a net zero water supply for customers by 2030. Water UK is the first industry trade body to be made just one of 20 official partners to the UNFCCC’s Race to Zero campaign, which aims to rally […]

19 Jan 2021

From https://waterinnovation.challenges.org/ Ofwat, the Water Services Regulation Authority for England and Wales, has established a £200 million Innovation Fund to grow the water sector’s capacity to innovate, enabling it to better meet the evolving needs of customers, society and the environment. The innovation fund is designed to complement Ofwat’s existing approach to innovation and to help deliver against Ofwat’s […]

19 Jan 2021

The annual CaBA workshops provide partnerships with the opportunity to hear about latest developments and forthcoming opportunities and to provide their thoughts and feedback to the CaBA Support Team. This year the workshops will be split into 3 separate online workshops, each addressing a particular broad theme, respectively; ‘Reporting and Communication’; ‘Data, Evidence and Technical […]

19 Jan 2021

CIRIA recently published ‘Code of Practice for Property Flood Resilience’ (C790a), ‘Guidance on the code of practice for property flood resilience (C790b)‘ and ‘Making your property flood resilient (C790c)‘ documents. The new guidance provides confidence on the use of the standards within the code of practice that provides a benchmark for those procuring and delivering […]

19 Jan 2021

The increased use of renewable electricity across the European Union has not only reduced pressures linked to climate change, but also to air and water pollution (particulate matter formation, eutrophication and acidification), according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing published today (14 Jan). More targeted actions can help minimise the negative environmental effects of […]

19 Jan 2021

From Water Europe The European Union and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement on trade and cooperation which is the best outcome that we can expect for our future relations with our neighbouring country. We are happy to see that this agreement includes high environmental standards and opportunities to continue research and innovation cooperation. However, despite […]

19 Jan 2021

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has issued a market consultation exercise to gather feedback from the market prior to formally publishing an Invitation to Tender for the BEIS Climate Services for a Net-Zero resilient World contract which is worth an estimated £5.7 million. The aim of the ITT is to invite […]