UK resilience questioned
MORE frequent extreme weather events will make it increasingly difficult to operate our infrastructure networks in all conditions at the level of service we...
Eco bursary
Northumbria University, Newcastle, and Northumbrian Water have announced a partnership to fund a research project into sustainability.
The £60,000 project will enable a PhD student...
Eco house grant
RENEWABLE energy specialist Solarsense has been awarded a grant of £59,000 from the West of England Growth Fund to support the development of a...
Housing event
A new conference, FutureBuild 2014, is coming to Sheffield on 5-6 November.
Taking place in partnership with Regreen, the event focuses on the sustainability of...
New plastics chief
David Hall, the Chief Executive of the Polypipe Group has been elected as Vice-President of the British Plastics Federation, the trade body for the...
Autumn water event in Berlin
THE 24th Inogen Worldview Conference, titled "Water, our source of life", comes to Berlin on 30 September, with a wide range of presentations on...
Renewables to be Scotland’s biggest source of electricity
ACCORDING to the Scottish Government the first quarter of 2014 showed a record level of output for the renewable energy sector in Scotland and...
ISO 14001 consultation opens
The public consultation process for the international environmental standard ISO 14001 is now open with UK comments requested by 31 October 2014.
BSI, the UK’s...
Carbon fund for higher education
A further £34 million is to be invested in the HEFCE’s Revolving Green Fund, a scheme that provides recoverable grants to help higher education...
UK lags US on uptake of carbon capture and storage
THE UK could accelerate the uptake of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology by following the US's example, and push for its adoption in...
Gas analyser suits CCS
TESTING equipment specialist Quantitech has commissioned an advanced Gasmet FTIR multiparameter gas analyser at the UK Carbon Capture & Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC) facility...
Science confirms pesticide danger
A new meta-analysis of the systemic pesticides neonicotinoids and fipronil (neonics) confirms that they are causing significant damage to a wide range of beneficial...
Herbicide-free weed control system goes on trial
A UK herbicide-free weed management company is challenging five major industry partners to test out its MW-Series and Foamstream weed control system, to prove...
Scheme pilots district heating monitoring in social housing
LONDON-based housing association Octavia Housing has teamed up with green energy specialist Guru Systems for a project that will use the latter’s smart metering...
Compressor waste heat warms local college
GREINER Packaging’s production plant in Northern Ireland is helping a neighbouring college cut its £40,000 annual heating bill by donating waste heat from its...
Meter keeps things flowing
POWER stations are heavily regulated and one key measurement is the volume of water being used at any one time. This includes river water...
Rotating sludge scraper makes savings
A new technology for circular sludge settlement tanks in wastewater treatment has the potential to achieve major operating and energy savings for all UK...
Recovery plan: Wyke Farms goes green
WYKE Farms, the UK’s largest independent cheese producer and milk processor, has opened a £1million water recovery plant, allowing the company to recover up...
Innovative aeration promises wastewater energy savings
Phil Burge of Swedish bearings company SKF explains a new aeration blower solution, and its potential to lower energy costs, improve operational efficiency and...
Spill compliance gets more urgent
Heftier fines, and even the possibility of fines where a spill hasn't occurred but where there is a vulnerability, appear to signal a sturdier...
