Providing five schools with a fully funded, air quality monitoring programme supported by our local team of engineers and technicians we are helping teachers and pupils see what's in the air they are breathing at school and supporting them to find ways to improve it. Teaming up with our product partners, Airthings and Airly, we installed 153 state-of-the-art air quality monitoring sensors and during the first year we focussed on classroom CO2 levels as this also provides a useful measure of how adequate ventilation levels are. A year later, our team has analysed 9.2 million sensor readings across the five schools over the academic year and the results have highlighted poor ventilation issues in all five schools.

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By bringing together the Government’s Energy Security Plan, and Net Zero Growth Plan, it sets out how the Department will diversify, decarbonise, and domesticate energy production by investing in renewables and nuclear, to power Britain and provide greater energy security.

The report sets out several key targets for the UK to achieve, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% compared to 1990 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. It also outlines a roadmap for achieving these targets, including interim targets for 2025 and 2030.

It sets out the opportunities opening up in technologies like Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage, Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing, and hydrogen, which will not only help the UK reach net zero, but also consolidate Britain’s position as a global leader in green energy. It aims to deliver climate security by embracing renewables and nuclear power and help deliver economic security through the creation of new green industries.

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These requirements apply to all private rented non-domestic properties in England and Wales, even where there has been no change in tenancy arrangements. MEES legislation is set to tighten even further in the future with the minimum rating moving to C in 2025, leading many building operators to future proof their buildings by achieving an EPC C rating now.

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Led by Professor Malcolm Cook at the University of Loughborough, AIRBODS (Airborne Infection Reduction through Building Operation and Design for SARS-CoV-2) conducted research into infection resilience during the pandemic. The programme was supported by over 20 academic researchers and industrial consultants over its 22 month funding period and helped get large scale events back up and running following the Covid-19 pandemic.

The report provides comprehensive guidance and insights into airborne infection risks and proposes mitigation measures to improve airborne infection resilience of indoor and semi-outdoor spaces. The guidance shows how to design and operate non-domestic buildings to minimise the risk of airborne transmission of Covid-19, and other viruses.

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Schools and colleges will receive investment to upgrade classrooms and refurbish buildings to provide high quality learning environments.

Since 2010, one million school places have been created, the largest increase in school capacity in at least two generations. Thanks to this new tranche of funding, thousands of additional primary and secondary school places will also be created in good or outstanding schools for September 2026.

This comes on top of the School Rebuilding Programme aimed at transforming buildings in poor condition at 500 schools across the country over the next decade.

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The Cabinet Office says the emergency alert system could be deployed in events such as severe flooding, fires, or extreme weather, noting that similar systems had been credited with saving lives in countries including the Netherlands and Japan. The emergency alerts will warn and inform people who are in immediate danger from a wide range of threats.

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