Today Element Sustainability joins millions of organisations and individuals across more 190 countries in celebrating Earth Day – A day of celebration and support for environmental protections and activism. Earth Day has an interesting history, stemming from a response to a California oil spill in 1970 and formalised in 1990,…
Apr
22
Mar
20
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) are aware of the challenges both BREEAM Assessors and clients are facing in respect to the requirement for a BREEAM Assessor Site Inspection during this period of increasing restrictions. The BRE have been working to find a solution that enables assessments to continue to take…
Mar
20
Our director, Laurie Wills, is delighted to have been allocated a place within the latest cohort to be lucky enough to have access to Manchester Metropolitan University’s (MMU) Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/fuel-cell/. Hydrogen and fuel cell technology present global opportunities, and the Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre puts…
Mar
18
Here at Element Sustainability, the health and wellbeing of our staff and the community is at the forefront of our mind. In response to the recent government updates and advice regarding the Coronavirus Pandemic, we have put a contingency plan into place and remote working has been arranged following the…
Mar
06
Element Sustainability are pleased to announce that we have recently achieved Gold Level membership with Constructionline. Constructionline is a pre-qualification register that is aligned with the PAS 91 question set and is used by potential clients in order to identify companies offering specific services within the construction/development industry. As well…
Jan
29
It may be chilly outside this time of year however, Element Sustainability extends a warm welcome to our newest member of the team, Shaun O’Neill! Shaun, who recently returned from three years living in China, has a degree in Environmental Science and experience in delivering ISO accreditation. Shaun is looking…
Jan
15
Element Sustainability are pleased to announce that with support from our in-house BREEAM assessor, Fore Partnership’s Windmill Green office in Manchester has achieved a Design Stage BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating. Less than 1% of non-residential new buildings achieve this esteemed rating. Accomplishing this rating reflects the integrated efforts by the design…
Dec
17
Following technical glitches with the beta version of the SAP software being used to test iterations of the new Future Homes Standard options, ministers have decided to extend the consultation which will now close on Friday, 7th February 2020. The technical issues are nearing resolution however, the time limit in…
Dec
09
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published a consultation on the Future Homes Standard, regarding changes to Part L (conservation of fuel and power) of the Building Regulations for new dwellings. Whilst the government wishes Part L 2020 to go as far towards the Future Homes…
Dec
03
The 25th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 25) is currently underway in Madrid. The conference is hosted by the Chilean government but had to be relocated to Spain due to ongoing unrest. COP 25 has received more attention than any of its…