Two highly-strategic documents recently highlighted major energy threats we now face … plus action needed urgently to avoid chaos. Fortunately, UK energy storage capacity doubled in the last year. I think this represents an important solution in an area where we already have a proven...
Verena Meyer, Principal Arboriculturist and Landscape Architect at Enzygo Ltd, says we should try to change the way we are thinking about trees on development sites. Since its first publication in 1980, British Standard 5837 has done a lot for trees on prospective development sites in...
Worried about air pollution? Are you safe indoors? Probably not. Sadly, the place where we spend 90% of our lives could be more dangerous than the great outdoors. But, with careful design, planning, and an understanding of how modern buildings ‘work’, it does not have...
The Government’s levelling-up white paper is broadly welcome but poses two crucial questions. Firstly, will it create the momentum and critical mass long-term that regeneration needs, given the failure of previous attempts? And secondly, what can we do here in the regions to ensure it...
All of the RDOs are back in schools delivering regular coaching sessions. In some schools RDOs deliver multiple sessions during one school visit as part of the timetable and this is excellent news as it means we can coach a lot more children and make the...
Stuart Hutchinson from Enzygo, says planning authorities will always look favourably on an application if the green infrastructure (GI) is a key consideration from the beginning of the design process. Building with Nature (BwN) is an excellent way to demonstrate this commitment. As the U.K.’s first benchmark...
One ‘commodity’ it is very easy to overlook during a hectic business recovery is our colleagues. I would like to make a really strong case for investing heavily in developing the skills of all staff members in the middle of a serious economic crisis -...
We are clearly experiencing a growing number of extreme flooding events. And as heavy storm water surges through vulnerable towns and over low-lying flood plains, we are also seeing a trend towards a combination of more upstream ‘natural solutions’ and fewer downstream hard ‘concrete’ flood...
If 2021 has been unusual, will next year be the same? Or are we on the cusp of something very different? And if so, what will the best and worst outcomes be? More importantly still, can we control what fate has in store for us? The...
Our director of acoustics, Darren Lafon-Anthony provides information relating to industrial noise mitigation, and explains how Enzygo can provide effective solutions. Rubbish data in, costly mitigation out… Good mitigation advice can save thousands of pounds. However, good noise source data is critical in providing the right, effective...