Seminar to explore reducing energy costs in plastics manufacturing

BPF Energy is hosting a seminar providing a complete look at energy management in plastics manufacturing facilities, to explore ways of cutting costs. The...

Rapid growth in skills needed to achieve net zero targets in the South West,...

A new report written by consulting firm Gemserv has found that, at current installation rates for heat pumps and insulation, local authorities in the...

Land redevelopment and rewilding firm hires 20 environmental consultants

A Scots firm that focuses on large scale land redevelopment and rewilding has hired 20 environmental consultants after a global recruitment drive. Kaitiaki Consulting, which...
Alan Edwards

A view from the top

Envirotec addresses a few questions to Alan Edwards, SLR’s new UK managing director.

Online learning provides solid foundation in pump technology

Professionals in the pumps sector can gain a comprehensive foundation in all aspects of this technology through a suite of accredited courses available via...

Women should consider careers in recycling, says plastics expert

Women are involved in every level of the materials recycling industry and this certainly seems to be confirmed by Axion Polymers, where they hold...

Drain repair course to take place in June

WRc has announced the dates for its next two-day "Essentials for Managing Drain Repair" course: 6 and 7 June 2017, at WRc in Swindon....

Webinar to explain package version of Veolia’s Exelys™ sludge treatment technology

Veolia Water Technologies UK (Veolia) is running a webinar on 29 June at 2pm to explain the benefits of its Package Exelys™ sludge treatment...

New nanotechnology journal launches

UNIVERSITY researchers have moved into the publishing sector with a new journal focusing on research and potential scientific breakthroughs in nanotechnology. Researchers from the nanoscience...

EcoFABs could lead to better bioenergy crops, say researchers

A greater understanding of how plants and microbes work together to store vast amounts of atmospheric carbon in the soil will help in the...

Study day offers up-to-date guidance on odour management

Specialist odour consultancy Silsoe Odours is offering a one-day course on odour management on 31 January 2019. It is seemingly the only CPD-Certified odour...

Waste management firm joins DVSA earned recognition pilot scheme

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) launched its earned recognition pilot scheme on 31 January with Luton-based waste and resource recycling firm Cawleys one of just 31 companies taking part

Software developers’ increasing interest in sustainability projects revealed by survey

Sustainability projects are an increasing area of focus for software developers, according to research commissioned by Ordnance Survey, with job satisfaction, higher pay, and...

Women innovators celebrated as C40 tech challenge winners announced

Four women were announced in late September as the winners of C40’s 2nd Women4Climate Tech Challenge 2020. The winners were: Lorena Gordillo Dagallier from...

Security and skills the top concerns for companies investing in new technologies

CBI calls for joint commission in 2018 on impact of Artificial Intelligence Over the next five years, the top three technologies that are set to...

Webinar series explores getting the most from TOC water analysis

Total organic carbon (TOC) analysis is quickly emerging as one of the most essential tools available for assessing water and soil samples, as it...

Therese May opens biomass training facility

On 3 May Theresa May officially opened The Energy Centre at Berkshire College of Agriculture, Maidenhead – described as the UK’s first renewable energy...

Trade body blames lack of installers for flagging boiler upgrade scheme

Fresh data on the government’s failing Boiler Upgrade Scheme confirms what industry fear about the cause of slow growth in the heat pump market,...

Awards pay tribute to energy professionals’ ingenuity

Over 200 energy industry senior executives joined former swimming champion and host Mark Foster in congratulating the winners of the 2016 Energy Institute (EI)...

Insulation manufacturer calls for an industry code of practice

New research seems to reveal that more than half of UK surveyors are unfamiliar with spray foam insulation and have a limited understanding of...