How to Specify Carbon Steel Hollow Sections Before Fabrication

Hollow sections look interchangeable on a drawing, and that is where problems start. A 200×100×8 rectangular tube can be hot-finished or cold-formed, made to a European or an American standard, with different corner radii, different thickness tolerances and different assumptions in the design calculation. Any of those can surface later as a connection plate that […] <p>The post How to Specify Carbon Steel Hollow Sections Before Fabrication first appeared on CCR-Mag.com.</p>

Enersea and Carbon Haven partner on CO₂ injection using existing North Sea infrastructure

Engineers at UK-based Enersea have partnered with Carbon Haven in the Netherlands to develop an offshore CO₂ injection solution intended to allow depleted gas platforms to be repurposed for permanent carbon storage, the companies working on the project say. The post Enersea and Carbon Haven partner on CO₂ injection using existing North Sea infrastructure appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Carbon storing asphalt used in Cumbria

Heidelberg Materials UK has used its CarbonLock biogenic asphalt, and an Ammann electric paver, to improve a stretch of the A689 for Westmorland and Furness Council.

Warm Homes loses £1bn as government redirects capital spending to defence

The government has confirmed a £1bn cut to Warm Homes Plan capital grants and £700m of reductions to hydrogen and carbon capture funding to help pay for defence, alongside a further £3bn reduction in departmental capital budgets. The Budget also identified a £200m saving from… The post Warm Homes loses £1bn as government redirects capital spending to defence appeared first on Construction News.

Will Rudd aids low carbon Elgin Crown Office refurbishment

Consultancy Will Rudd has shared details of its work on the £2.4m Michael Laurie Architects-designed refurbishment of Elgin's Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service building, working with Currie & Brown, Morgan Sindall, CJA Consulting Engineers and Thomson Gray.

Advancing Circular Construction

Efficiency of new buildings in the UK has been improving. While the operational energy progress on embodied carbon, the lifecycle emissions of the materials and components within buildings, has been much slower.

RICS - WBEF - 2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction: Spotlight on materials 11052023

The 2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction provides a global snapshot on progress of the buildings and construction sector towards decarbonisation, and reviews the status of policies, finance, technologies, and solutions in the sector during the past year. In this video, Mae-ling Lokko, Assistant Professor at Yale University School of Architecture, puts a spotlight on the global impact of materials used in the buildings sector on carbon.

WSJ - Greenwashing: When Companies Aren’t as Sustainable as They Claim 21042023

Some companies like American Airlines and H&M have made promises to become more environmentally friendly to attract positive press and increase business. They’ve frequently used buzzwords like ‘sustainable’, ‘carbon neutral’ or ‘eco-conscious.’ But if they fall short of their goals, who holds them accountable? WSJ’s Shane Shifflett explains how greenwashing can mislead consumers into believing something is eco-friendly.

FT - The Carbon Market Opportunity, 02032023

Much has been discussed about the carbon market, here is how it actually works. Lombard Odier explains the difference between voluntary and compliance carbon markets and outlines the importance of high-integrity carbon projects. How investors can support companies’ decarbonisation strategies and diversify their portfolios via carbon markets

Fully Charged Show - Is Carbon Capture An Excuse To Burn More Fossil Fuels?! 24012023

What if we could take back the Carbon from the atmosphere and store it or, even better, remove it completely? Could that fix the Climate Crisis and get us to Net Zero? That's the hope of Carbon Capture and Storage and Carbon Dioxide Removal Companies and, perhaps unsurprisingly, Oil Companies Helen Czerski finds out whether CCS and CDR is an effective solution, or an excuse to continue burning fossil fuels or even, a necessary sidekick to renewable energy.

What percentage weighting on ESG / Carbon Footprint are you seeing in tenders?

Are Geopolymer Concrete and Cement the answer to taking carbon out of our structures?

Does anyone have an example of a management plan or recommendation report for reducing carbon emissions from the construction process please?

Why do we demolish so many buildings?

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