ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY USE
B&ES is committed to assisting in the achievement of the UK’s carbon reduction targets by promoting energy efficiency and the use of renewable technologies in buildings.
The association is also committed to ensuring that its members gain maximum commercial advantage from the increasing demand for sustainable solutions across the built environment.
In line with these commitments, B&ES will seek to ensure that:
- members are aware of the increasing demand for sustainable buildings;
- vocational training is available that will deliver the additional skills that are demanded by the sustainability challenge;
- standards, specifications and guides to good practice are developed against which potential sustainable solutions can be evaluated;
- its members can gain commercial advantage by being recognised as experts in the application of low and zero-carbon technologies;
- member companies are able to take a holistic approach to the energy needs of their customers and clients;
- m&e contractors will be equipped to calculate their own overall “carbon footprint”, and that of their projects.
