SUSTAINABILITY
ONLY 200 YEARS ago , an agriculture and farming society that was once heavily reliant on manual labour radically changed to a largely industrial economy , with growing manufacturing and building sectors . This transformation has driven a steep increase in carbon and greenhouse gas emissions .
The built environment sector is driving strategies to reduce its impacts on global warming , and there are legally binding government targets in place on local , national , regional and even global scales .
“ The world could be two to six degrees Celsius warmer by the end of the century ,” comments SPIE ’ s Director of Energy and Engineering , George Adams . With a significant history of delivering low energy solutions , such as a recent contract for new environmental and ventilation systems and controls within 23km of London ’ s huge communications tunnels , SPIE UK is firmly committed in the delivery of sustainable solutions . These solutions significantly reduce carbon output and vast amounts of condensation , whilst improving efficiencies and extending the overall lifecycle of
14 September 2017