The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has urged the UK government to follow the example of Germany, which has announced plans to spend €177.5 billion on climate action, including €56 billion on a huge programme of building renovations.
Sustainable buildings provider Johnson Controls has reported third-quarter earnings of $379 million (about £312.9 million) and claims that it is “on track to achieve solid full-year revenue”.
Bouygues Energies & Services (Bouygues E&S) has been appointed as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s Facilities Management framework (RM6232).
The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has mobilised a new Strategic Expert Group on the Climate Emergency to chart a route to Net Zero for the resources and waste sector.
Mitie has secured a £4.5 million contract to install electric vehicle (EV) charge points for the Environment Agency, part of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra).
EQUANS, a division of ENGIE, has been awarded a contract by Birmingham City Council to retrofit 300 of its homes in a pilot project for decarbonising its 60,000 properties.
Schools, hospitals, leisure centres and historic town halls and other public buildings across England could receive efficiency upgrades to help them slash energy bills, according to a raft of new measures announced by the government.
Engie has seen its overall net income more than double year-on-year during the first half of the year on the back of the jump in commodities prices – buoyed by a supply squeeze because of the Ukraine war.
