Home Grown Sustainability
Over the past year, most of us have spent the majority of our days at home. With time on our hands and the spotlight on climate change, many of us have been reassessing our priorities and making lifestyle changes to reduce our carbon footprint. One of our principal mechanical engineers, Ben Gudzelak, has gone further than […]
Sustainable MEP Design
The construction industry is a huge contributor to climate change, accounting for around 40% of UK carbon emissions. This has to change if the UK is to meet its net zero target by 2050, and we at CWC haveto being part in this journey. We are committed to moving our designs towards carbon neutral […]
CWC Appointed to Rise Construction Framework
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been a successful bidder on the Rise Construction Framework. Rise is the UK’s only pro-social construction framework with a proven track record of supporting deprived communities through procurement. Rise is founded on the principal that commerciality and social value can co-exist, delivering exceptional service to clients, whilst also having […]
Future Proofing: Installing Electric Vehicle Chargepoints
Did you know that electric vehicles have been around since the early 1900s? After a century of improvements in battery technology, electric cars are finally hitting the mainstream. Policies encouraging their adoption are snowballing in the UK, thanks to the government’s world leading net zero target. Landlords and developers should be considering provision for electric […]
RED WoLF: Pilot Scheme to Reduce Housing Emissions
Crookes Walker are proud to be involved in the RED WoLF project, a pilot programme which aims to reduce housing emissions across North West Europe. The RED WoLF Project (Rethink Electricity Distribution Without Load Following) will increase renewable energy usage and reduce carbon emissions in homes with photovoltaic panels and no gas connection. Six pilots […]
Hydrogen: The Future of Renewable Energy?
Everyone is talking about hydrogen. Although not yet widely used in the UK, it is set to become a major source of renewable energy over the next few years. The government have highlighted hydrogen and fuel cell technology as a key part of the UK’s journey to net zero carbon in their 10-point plan for a […]
What is District Heating?
As the UK transitions to net zero carbon over the next decades, district heat networks offer a cost effective way to provide low carbon heat and hot water to homes and businesses. As the UK transitions to net zero carbon over the next decades, district heat networks offer a cost effective way to provide low […]
Starting our Decarbonisation Journey
One of our core values is sustainability, and with that comes an ongoing commitment to reducing our impact on the planet. As a consultancy, our business is not as carbon intensive as some, but it is important to us that we eradicate or offset our operational carbon emissions. Information is our product – and […]
CWC Achieves Planet Mark Certification
We are proud to announce that we have achieved out first year of Planet Mark Business Certification for the reporting year 2023-4. We are committed to cutting our measured footprint annually. We began measuring and offsetting our carbon emissions from some key areas in 2021/2. We initially has difficulty collecting data in some areas, so last year we […]
We’re attending UKREiiF 2025
Our team are excited to be attending a great event this week in Leeds. The event brings over 16,000 professionals from national and local government, investors, developers, end-users and the wider built environment industry together. Get in touch if you wish to arrange a meeting withAndy Ringland, Paul Crookes, David Walker andChris Skinner.
