Energy management

Report: FM’s role in managing embodied carbon

BAM’s FM division has been appointed by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), to its Hard Facilities Management framework agreement (Hard FM). 

An energy security bill to support the transition to cleaner, more affordable and more secure energy was announced in the Queen’s Speech yesterday (10 May).

EQUANS has been awarded a five-year contract by Peel L&P to provide a range of hard FM and energy-efficiency services at MediaCity and Quayside retail centre in Salford. 

Richard Irvin FM has secured a series of contracts with a combined value of over £670 million with new clients in Scotland and the North of England. 

Amey starts work this month on a £10 million-plus street lighting programme for Walsall Council – converting its 23,000 street lights into LEDs with a central monitoring system technology.

More than 120,000 people have signed a petition calling on the government to adopt a four-day working week.

The government’s energy strategy, touted as an urgent response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the cost of living crisis, offers "completely inadequate policies and funding for energy efficiency and heat pumps", say sceptics.

The government announced today that it will run a Heat Pump Investment Accelerator Competition in 2022 worth up to £30 million to make British heat pumps, which reduce demand for gas, as a part of its energy strategy.

The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) will be launching new guidance this week, developed to provide industry-wide definitions to develop a common understanding of what it means for buildings, in practice and detail.