Customers on heat networks are too often faced with high heating bills. As the sector rapidly transitions away from fossil fuels, one of the biggest challenges is delivering low-cost heat using electricity – a fuel that, historically, has cost significantly…
It is hard to believe that it is nearly a decade since the Grenfell tragedy. While the families and friends affected by this terrible (and largely avoidable) disaster still await justice, we can at least hope that a similar incident…
Dave Cooper’s inauguration as CIBSE President last month represents the pinnacle of a distinguished career in engineering. A prolific figure in vertical transportation across industry and academia, he is recognised globally as a leading forensic accident investigator, who has provided…
The CIBSE 30 under 30 Awards recognise the brightest engineering talent from the UK and CIBSE regions around the world. The 2026 winners, selected by the CIBSE Global Young Engineers Network (YEN), come from 10 regions in the UK, as…
As part of the government’s Warm Homes Plan, the popular Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) has been extended to 2030 and now includes grants of £2,500 for reversible air-to-air heat pumps (RAAHPs). Unlike the air-to-water heat pumps that dominate the UK…
Roundtable sponsor With AI driving the need for more powerful chips, data centres are having to handle escalating rack heat and load densities. The resulting demand for cooling is having a major impact on energy and water consumption: data centres’…
A man who fatally injured a work colleague by driving over him twice with a telehandler at a biomass facility has been jailed for over three years after pleading guilty to manslaughter. Ian McCollum, 52, was struck by a…
The United Kingdom experienced its hottest month of June on record this year and, as we enter July, further heatwaves are expected this week. With a long-term warming trend across the UK and Europe, British summers will inevitable keep getting…
CIWM President Vicki Hughes has warned that small and medium-sized businesses in the waste and resources sector risk being overwhelmed by the pace and complexity of regulatory change. Speaking on the Beyond Waste podcast, Hughes said incoming reforms and…
89.2% of local authorities in England now collect cartons from households for recycling, three months on from Simpler Recycling reforms coming into force. New figures reveal that 322 out of 361 UK councils now accept liquid cartons as part…
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CIWM is to develop and deliver an individual competence route for waste operators under proposed reforms to England’s waste carrier, broker and dealer regime. The reforms would replace the existing registration system with an environmental permitting framework for…
