FMJ in partnership with property operations platform Facilio brought together a group of FM thought leaders from both client and services-provider backgrounds to discuss whether taking a tech-centric approach can help organisations transition to data-led building operations and achieve their ...
Read More »Government must ‘act now’ on energy storage or risk energy security and net zero
A House of Lords committee has warned the Government that it must “act fast” to ensure long-duration energy storage technologies can scale up in time to play a vital role in decarbonising the electricity system and ensuring energy security by ...
Read More »Government, UN and business assemble at Compass food and climate summit
Leaders from the UK Government, UN and businesses joined Compass Group UK & Ireland at a climate summit last week alongside the launch of the company’s landmark Climate Transition Plan. The food and support services firm hosted 400 delegates from ...
Read More »Mitie marks major milestone in Plan Zero journey
Mitie has welcomed the 4,000th electric vehicle (EV), a Volkswagen ID Buzz, to its fleet. The milestone marks a major step in Mitie’s road to net zero, underscoring its commitment to creating a zero emission fleet. Over the past year ...
Read More »Significant opportunities are being missed in commercial retrofits
According to the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) significant opportunities are being missed by office investors, owners, and occupiers who do not have clear retrofit strategies in place. Firstly, through missing the “easy wins” – low cost, low disruption measures ...
Read More »The role of plumbing and heating in successful retrofit and renovation
As the UK progresses on the road to net-zero, RWC’s Richard Bateman, Product Marketing Manager for Plumbing and Heating, explores the importance of retrofit and renovation – and why heating and plumbing installers have a leading role to play. There ...
Read More »Green horizons
Catherine Wheatley, Head of Energy Services, Mitie says AI will play a major role in supporting the FM sector’s green agenda this year As King Charles put it when addressing world leaders at COP28, now is the time for ‘transformational ...
Read More »SBTi approves Ground Control’s ambitious net-zero targets
Ground Control’s leadership of the land management and biodiversity sector has again been highlighted with its commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2038 being validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Twelve years ahead of the Government’s ...
Read More »Mitie outlines decarbonisation predictions for 2024
Mitie has launched its Net Zero Navigator 2024, detailing nine key decarbonisation predictions for the year ahead along with advice and support for organisations taking their next steps on the transition to net zero. Carbon reporting Research from the Net ...
Read More »Most UK businesses unprepared for energy shortages or disruptions
New data by UK power solutions provider, Critical Power Supplies (CPS), reveals that more than half of organisations are unprepared for future energy shortages or disruptions despite more than two-thirds agreeing that demand for back-up power generation is set to ...
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