A leading Yorkshire based construction and property development company has embraced HVO for its vehicle fleet. Henry Boot Plc has committed to net zero emissions by 2030, and key to that aim is addressing fossil fuel use in it’s vehicle fleet. Read the full article here.
Henry Boot goes all-in on HVO
Don’t worry about your emissions.
Consider this. When you spend £1.80 for a litre of diesel for your company car, van or lorry, around £0.63 is used to make the vehicle move. £1.17 is wasted, mostly going out the exhaust pipe, the remainder being turned into heat and noise. Emissions are a business cost. Converting money into toxic gas is […]
Want to supercharge your sustainability?
Have you considered appointing a Sustainability NED? Is your business serious about embedding sustainability but wants to move faster? Maybe you have the ambition but not the skills and knowledge. A Sustainability Non-Executive Director (NED) might be the answer. Such a NED would be committed to and embedded within the business. He or she would […]
Technology Corner – Variable Speed Drives
Are you wasting electricity with old-fashioned technology? Variable speed drives (VSDs) are not at all new technology, but there will be plenty of businesses out there yet to implement them who are wasting money unnecessarily. VSDs are a means of controlling a motor in order to optimize its energy efficiency. Traditionally, a motor used in […]
Business Grants for Clean Tech
Business Grants for heat pumps, biomass boilers and EV chargers. Our quick guide and signposting to further information. Boiler upgrade scheme You can get one grant per property. Current grants are available for: £7,500 towards an air source heat pump (our guide to heat pumps) £7,500 towards a ground source heat pump (including water source […]
A route to truly Low Carbon Cement?
Cement is ubiquitous in the built environment, but its carbon footprint remains a major challenge for industrial decarbonization. Production accounts for roughly 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions, driven by both the fossil fuels used for high-temperature heat and the chemical breakdown of limestone. Researchers at the University of British Columbia are testing a different approach. […]
Net Zero. Folly, or economic opportunity?
New analysis from CBI Economics and ECIU reveals a £105 billion sector generating high-wage jobs across every UK nation and region. The transition to net zero is often framed as a cost or a constraint on the economy. But a growing body of evidence, including this new suite of reports from ECIU and CBI Economics, […]
Are you Carbon Curious?
Carbon Curious? How we measure your carbon emissions and plan how to reduce them. Here’s our step-by-step guide to carbon reduction planning. Set the Baseline Year. This is the year against which all other years are measured. Usually financial year or calendar year. This measurement period does not usually change. Set the […]
Technology Corner – Infrared Heating
Infrared heating is an electrical heating technology that heats things, not the air. You will have seen them it in churches, village halls and garden centres – a glowing red bar in front of a parabolic reflector. The technology has moved beyond that, and now IR heaters can be flat panels, sometimes disguised as decoration. […]