Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services has completed work on the £2.5 million Cambourne Secondary School project in Cambridgeshire — the first new secondary school in the county over the last 30 years.
The project provides around 7200 m2 of teaching space and will ultimately accommodate 750 pupils and 100 staff. The school opened at the start of the current academic year.
More refrigerant bans possible, says government
The government could tighten up the rules that restrict the use of global warming refrigerant gases including speeding up phase-out programmes and introducing new bans, according to a spokesman from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
Baxi research suggests schools strongly support heat decarbonisation
A survey conducted by Baxi of 200 state school estates managers, consultant engineers and M&E contractors has found that while enthusiasm for Net Zero and support for low carbon heating systems in schools is thriving, persistent barriers remain.
