Over the past couple of weeks Insulate Britain has caused quite the stir. At first, the activist group were blocking the M25, however in recent weeks they have taken to blocking busier areas in and around South East England. The group’s actions has caused controversy amongst the public, with many people branding them “selfish” and […]
With the UK housing industry accounting for 27% of the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions, attention turns to what we can do to reduce this figure, while still keeping costs low. The BedZED project has already proven that it’s achievable, albeit expensive. For those of you who aren’t aware, BedZED is the UK’s first major zero-carbon […]
The environment is at the forefront of people’s minds, and with global temperature slowly rising, people are asking what can be done to sort this problem out? Later on today, Branch will be publishing an article focusing on this very problem, taking into account voices from the UK Green Building Council and BedZED (the UK’s […]
The UK housing industry accounts for 30% of the UK’s total energy use, and 27% of the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions. With this, I decided to investigate whether there is something that we can do to solve this, and make housing more environmentally sustainable. I looked into whether these improvements will be worth the money […]
It has been a wild year of environmental protests, we have seen Greta Thunberg’s Stockholm speech, school climate strikes so it’s no surprise it’s continuing into the winter months. Keeping you in touch with climate protests is us, Phoebe and Emily, telling you what on earth happened on the M25, why fast fashion is so […]
