Ofwat investigates whether Thames Water is contravening the Wholesale Retail Code
OFWAT has launched an investigation into whether Thames Water is contravening the Wholesale Retail Code.
The Code is the statutory code that sets out the...
Former BT Headquarters to become London’s first net zero office development
THE CITY of London Planning & Transportation Committee has approved plans for a deep retrofit of 81 Newgate Street, the former BT Headquarters, to...
Industry survey reveals impact of COVID-19 on water supply chain
Large parts of the UK water and wastewater supplier community have seen a fall in business turnover during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a...
£700m contract will transform household waste to green energy
A UNIQUE new contract will see up to 190,000 tonnes of black bag waste from five Scottish councils diverted from landfill and converted to...
Covid-19 exposes inequalities in the UK food system, new analysis reveals
FOOD banks will struggle to cope during the Covid-19 pandemic and vulnerable households should be given cash grants to buy food instead, a group...
First successful Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme projects published and Phase 2 announced
429 projects across England have been confirmed to receive funding from Phase 1 of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, while Phase 2 has been...
Ofwat calls for companies to meet “growing expectations” on storm overflows
Ofwat has called on all water companies in England and Wales to meet the growing expectations about the use of storm overflows and signalled...
Ofwat consults on allowing Tideway to pass increased costs from COVID-related impacts on to...
Water regulator Ofwat is consulting on proposals to allow Tideway to pass a proportion of increased costs in the order of £200 million from...
Don’t scrap EPCs, says energy assessor accreditation scheme
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) should give equal prominence to metrics for cost, carbon and energy, using the familiar design and the visual approach used...
UK’s first district heating scheme using water from abandoned mines at works in Durham
CONSTRUCTION of a district heating scheme utilising abandoned mines is set to begin this spring in County Durham.
The Seaham Garden Village development will consist...
