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West Fraser publishes 2025 Sustainability Report West Fraser’s new Sustainability Report showcases the company’s performance in 2025 across a variety of environmental, social, and governance goals and disclosed targets. Key findings include a 25% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions since 2019, keeping it firmly on track to meet its science-based targets by 2030. This progress reflects continued investment in energy efficiency and operational improvements across
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its global footprint. Timber continues to play a pivotal role in decarbonising the built environment. In 2025 alone, the use of wood products is estimated
to have avoided 19.8 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent (CO₂e) in Scope 3 emissions. West Fraser also emphasises the critical role of forests as climate solutions. Sustainably managed forests are not only carbon sinks; they are active contributors to the global carbon cycle.
New Ideal Commercial CPD explores practical pathway to low carbon hybrid heating systems Ideal Commercial Heating has launched a new CIBSE- approved CPD titled ‘Low carbon hybrid heating system considerations’ designed to help specifiers and building services engineers navigate the complexity of designing heating systems that meet the needs of users whilst reducing carbon emissions. The CPD provides a practical, real-world overview of how hybrid and bivalent systems can support the decarbonisation of commercial buildings, while addressing the constraints that often limit the adoption of fully electric solutions. The session highlights the differences between hybrid (parallel) and bivalent (switchable) systems and how each approach can be applied depending on building requirements and operational priorities.
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New CIHT guidance helps prepare for climate- related disruption The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) has launched a new suite of practical guidance to help the UK’s local highway authorities strengthen their response to the growing threat of climate-related disruption on the local road network. The resource release comprises a flagship document, “All hazards operational guidance: responding to climate disruption”, alongside six supporting operational response checklists designed to support frontline practitioners managing flooding, extreme heat, wildfires and other climate hazards. This new guidance provides a practical framework to help highway authorities move from reactive response towards proactive preparedness and operational resilience.
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ESBE valves employed in full decarbonisation of University of West London College buildings
A major energy refurbishment project carried out at a University of West London College has achieved dramatic improvements to the energy efficiency of both historic and contemporary buildings, replacing the complex’s gas-fired boilers with a district heating scheme fed by air source heat pumps, where ESBE valves are crucial to the management of the heating and hot water supply. The year-long upgrade at Ruskin College
which completed in March, was led by Norfolk based Finn Geotherm with its engineers installing a cascade of four Carrier 85.9 kW capacity ASHPs located in a central plant room, laying underground thermal mains around the site and also fitting new radiators along with large capacity DHW storage tanks in each of the teaching and accommodation buildings. Finn Geotherm also oversaw significant improvements to the properties’ heat loss profiles with new roof insulation being installed while blown Thermabeads replaced existing cavity wall insulation. Crucial to the success of the changeover, however, has been the ability of Finn
Geotherm’s designs to manage the variation in supply temperature required for the individual heating and hot water circuits within the four buildings. Technical Director, David Alston explained: “We had to opt for high-temperature heat pumps, capable of delivering 70+°C to raise the temperature of the hot water tanks to 60°C (for Legionella compliance), but the radiators were designed to run at a flow temperature of 50°C. It would be really inefficient to run the heat pumps continuously at 70°C so there is a switchover process managed by the BMS and involves the ESBE valves.” “Therefore, when there is a heating demand a signal goes back to the district heating scheme to raise the mains temperature – effectively an S-plan system for the hot water. The ESBE MBA121 valve allows us to close off the heating when we’re in hot water mode – while we’re also using the ESBE VRG131 3-port valve with ARA 659 proportional controller to regulate the temperature to the radiator circuit, with weather compensation.” All of the ESBE valves were supplied
through Secon, which is one of Finn Geotherm’s regular supplier of hydronics components. Specifiers and heating engineers seeking
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further information on ESBE’s product range and services can call on the support of ESBE’s technical advisory service – or go online to view the manufacturer’s helpful and instructional videos:
https://esbe.eu/uk
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