Torrent lights the way
30 September 2021
Torrent Trackside recently provided 100% carbon neutral lighting for the entire Balfour Beatty Rail ITT (Integrated Track Team) work site at Hanger Lane on the London Underground network. …
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Previous Posts - September 2021
Balfour Beatty survey
29 September 2021
In advance of the COP26 climate change conference in November, Balfour Beatty has published the results of a survey into supply chain challenges, obstacles and solutions for a net-zero future.…
Green-fingered Euro Towers
28 September 2021
Euro Towers is certainly going green. The aluminium access equipment manufacturer has introduced several environmentally friendly initiatives in and around its Northampton headquarters. <…
Aggreko's Ryder Cup drive
27 September 2021
Much of the equipment that Aggreko provided for power, heating, and cooling requirements during the Ryder Cup golf tournament at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin this weekend was of an eco-frien…
Speedy delivers
24 September 2021
What’s red, green, will travel thousands of miles and is electrically powered?
Spotted at Vertikal Days this week on the plant body manufacturer Sterling GP’s stand was…
CEA unveils Futureworx
24 September 2021
The Construction Equipment Association (CEA), which hosts the Plantworx construction exhibition, is collaborating with The Supply Chain Sustainability School to deliver a new event focused on…
EVs with Innovation
23 September 2021
Innovation Automotive is a new business which plans to launch formally towards the end of the year but made its debut at the recent Commercial Vehicle Show.
The company will import…
Climb with Stanley
22 September 2021
One by-product of the lockdown and subsequent social restrictions has been a boom in home deliveries, which has raised interest in manual handling solutions.
Stanley Handling&rsquo…
Embracing the next Stage
21 September 2021
Many hire businesses have been hesitant to adopt green technology particularly because of the cost. However, one company that is facing up to the challenge and embracing it is the specialist g…
Himoinsa opens the Box
21 September 2021
It’s often been mentioned on the blog that products running on diesel or equivalent fuels will remain in demand for some time given the scale of the transition to alternatives and the de…
Speedy’s hybrid first
17 September 2021
Speedy says it has introduced the industry’s first plug-in hybrid outdoor lighting tower to the market following a multi-million-pound investment in its UK fleet.
The business has…
Select Flybrid packs a Punch
16 September 2021
It’s particularly noteworthy when an eco-friendly alternative can be superior to traditional approaches in areas like performance, efficiency or cost, as well as enhancing green credenti…
Genquip fuels success
15 September 2021
The construction and engineering contractor, nmcn, formerly known as North Midland Construction, has won a RISE (Research, Innovation, Sustainability and Enterprise) Award for its eco-friendly…
Two kinds of charging
14 September 2021
Hardly a day goes by without some announcement relating to electric vehicles (EVs) and cars running on alternatives to fossil fuels.
To a very large extent this is being driven by…
Obart helps Arctic re-freeze
13 September 2021
Obart Pumps is providing vital support to a fascinating project that aims to to re-freeze areas of the Arctic. It’s being tried as a way of combating climate change and supporting indige…
Whole life standards
10 September 2021
Assessing something’s carbon footprint requires an understanding of its whole life story from cradle to grave.
This was mentioned in an earlier blog post about Hilti’s…
Are EVs right for you?
9 September 2021
Apparently today has been designated World EV Day for raising awareness of electric vehicles.
To mark the occasion Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced a Government-backed app…
Power on wheels
8 September 2021
If you’re using battery powered equipment at a location without a readily available electricity supply, how do you recharge it?
ZPN Energy is a Coventry-based manufacturer sp…
Scope this out
7 September 2021
For most organisations, going green is not yet mandatory. But it is regarded as something they ought to do, just as each individual should examine the ways in which their actions affect the en…
Hydrogen Vivaro van
6 September 2021
There's much discussion about the relative merits of battery and hydrogen powered vehicles and whether one format will eclipse the other. However, given the scale of the net zero challenge, we…
Pramac acquires Off-Grid
3 September 2021
Pramac has announced the acquisition of Off Grid Energy through its UK-based subsidiary Pramac Generac UK.
Off Grid Energy, based in Rugby, specialises in battery driven and energy stora…
“Sustainability means success”
2 September 2021
Giles Bradford is from the seventh generation of the family that is behind what is now Bradfords Building Supplies, the Yeovil-based builders’ merchant and tool hire company.
All-electric Transit van
1 September 2021
One of the highlights at this week’s Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC was the first public UK viewing of Ford’s forthcoming e-Transit, an all-electric variant of this iconic mode…