Finding the Formula to Combat Back-to-Work Anxiety in STEM
Mental health is a popular topic at the moment, while the majority of us were trying to maintain a healthy routine and lifestyle while stuck indoors, it begged the question, what about after lockdown? Back to work anxiety was bad enough for some of us after months of leisure time and lie ins. But entering […]
The importance of ventilation in controlling COVID-19
By ETS Looking to the future, property teams will also need to consider how they will reopen sites again once staff start coming back to the workplace. As we look forward to the eventual reopenings –it’s important for building managers to keep up to date with the latest government guidance. In particular, information coming out […]
The future of offices
By ETS The role of the office is changing. Over recent times, we’ve seen a rapid shift in how businesses across all sectors operate. Due to Covid-19, more people than ever are working from home, with many offices remaining empty or at least operating with heavily reduced capacity. And the response to this has mostly […]
COVID to accelerate transition to renewable energy
It’s being predicted that the energy transition will be accelerated by several years by the COVID pandemic, with trillions of dollars expected to flow through economic relief packages into the deployment of low- and zero-carbon infrastructure, as well as research and development into technologies that enable it. That’s the conclusion of Lux in its new report Owning […]
Brits want country to focus on renewables before space travel
43% of British consumers care more about technology that can reduce carbon emissions and remove plastics from the oceans, than space travel or house robots. The findings, from research conducted by Expleo, come as the UK government is under pressure to embrace a ‘green’ recovery post-COVID. The report, which surveyed 2,000 UK adults, suggested that […]
EDF’s solar PV expansion in UK ‘to provide impetus for economic recovery’ amid COVID-19
French utility EDF is launching a major solar-plus-battery storage hybrid initiative in the UK as part of its plans to increase its installed renewable base. Analyst house GlobalData anticipates that this is likely to provide a boost to its solar portfolio in the country and also act as a green stimulus to the stagnant economy, […]
Transition to renewables ‘to fuel post-COVID recovery’
Investment in renewable energy expansion will be an important cog in the wheel towards the post-COVID-19 economic recovery journey. Expanding the renewables will not only help countries deliver stronger climate action under the Paris Agreement, but also fuel the economic activities across the value chain forming a powerful recovery mechanism to recuperate from the COVID-19 crisis. That’s […]
‘Superfunds’ should drive Britain’s green future, says think tank
New British pension ‘superfunds’ should be created to invest in infrastructure for country’s green recovery. That’s the view of the Social Market Foundation, which also says that ministers preparing for a ‘green recovery’ from coronavirus should be ready to take more risks and spend public money up front to support innovative ‘pathfinder’ infrastructure projects and […]
How can businesses be more sustainable post Covid-19?
When faced with great change, we often tend to focus on the negative implications, and in doing so, lose sight of the positive opportunities for our lives and our businesses. These not only help us to protect our businesses and our employees, but allow you to make a positive and lasting improvement to the environment. […]
Coping with COVID-19: Waterscan’s Claire Yeates anticipates the long-term impacts for the water sector
By Claire Yeates, Waterscan A great deal of good will come from all this. Yes, yes, I know it is an easy thing for an optimist like me to say but I honestly believe it, having attended many day-long, socially distanced, virtual industry meetings over the last couple of months. That is not to say that […]