The Spring Budget 2021 was unveiled by Chancellor Rishi Sunak earlier today. Esther Griffin, our Head of Energy at Content Coms tuned in and has curated the most salient points that impact the low carbon sector. As Business Green writes, “Mr Sunak made no mention...
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What kind of messaging is most likely to prompt a desired action? Here, our Head of Energy Esther Griffin argues that although there’s been nearly a century’s worth of research and debate on the subject, it’s clear some strategies are measurably more effective than others. Behavioural...
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In the past few weeks, something strange has happened. In a world once accustomed to endless tweets framing climate change as a hoax, a silence has descended. If you found phrases like; 'It's freezing in New York, where the hell is climate change?' nigh on unbearable,...
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Climate goals are at risk after buildings emissions hit all time highs. Content Coms analyses the news – and its implications. The message is stark, unequivocal and frightening. Carbon emissions from buildings are rising. On December 16, 2020, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global...
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Last week the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) published The Sixth Carbon Budget, required under the Climate Change Act, to provide ministers with advice on the volume of greenhouse gases the UK can emit during the period 2033-2037. It charts the decisive move to zero...
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2020 has disrupted the status quo of all business, low carbon or otherwise. With weeks until Christmas, we round up the green business influences for 2021. UKGBC net zero buildings guidance Here at Content Coms, UKGBC and their work are much admired. With today's unprecedented shift towards...
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A new scheme for rating the operational energy efficiency of UK offices, NABERS UK, has been launched. It is hoped the scheme will play a vital role in bridging the performance gap between the design and in-use energy performance of offices in the UK and...
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What led to the Building Safety Bill? The fire at Grenfell Tower in 2017 exposed serious failings across the whole system of building and managing high-rise homes. In the aftermath of the tragedy, Dame Judith Hackitt carried out an independent review of building regulations and fire...
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Scientists coined Coronavirus falls in global carbon 'the biggest experiment ever'. But with emissions back on the rise, what might tomorrow's sustainability look like? 'Carbon savings' from Covid-19 lockdown halve within weeks The above is a Guardian headline from July 19 2020 that rather abruptly stymied hopes...
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The UK, and indeed the world, has been living through some of the most challenging months in living memory. Now, minds in Government are turning towards protecting and rebuilding the shattered pillars of economies across the planet, no small task given varying predictions estimate any UK...
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