NZC Solutions in the news | Q1 2025
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Published on 08/05/2025
Welcome to the first of our quarterly posts summarising media coverage of NZC Solutions.
We really began creating headlines in the first three months of 2025, thanks to a couple of significant announcements we made.
These developments were deemed worthy of extensive coverage by many of the UK’s more prestigious construction industry media outlets.
Unique carbon calculator helps construction towards net zero
Firstly, in January, we announced the launch of our groundbreaking online carbon emission calculator. This is believed to be the first tool of its type designed specifically for the UK construction sector.
We believe the calculator will prove a major aid to the industry as it moves towards achieving net zero emissions.
Among the lengthy articles which appeared about the calculator’s launch was one in Construction UK. This piece included the point that the clear and simple, tailored tool provided the most accurate and comprehensive analysis of emissions for carbon reporting ever made available to the domestic building industry.
Design & Build UK told its readers our calculator was developed for construction professionals by construction professionals and avoided jargon. Its article highlighted that the tool spared users the time, energy and frustration involved in tasks like having to seek out individual product emission data.
The item also made the related point that the calculator met all relevant legal and regulatory standards, plus applicable governance procedures and methods, automatically.
BIM Plus explained to its readers how the innovation worked in detail and informed them that it had been in development for nine months. Meanwhile, Project Scotland understandably focused on the benefits the breakthrough offered construction industry professionals north of the border.
The calculator’s launch also featured on the website of leading annual industry event Digital Construction Week.
Their item highlighted that the tool future proofed users. This was because it aligned with version seven of the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method and updated Part Z Building Regulations, for example.
We believe the calculator will prove a major aid to the industry as it moves towards achieving net zero emissions.
Among the lengthy articles which appeared about the calculator’s launch was one in Construction UK. This piece included the point that the clear and simple, tailored tool provided the most accurate and comprehensive analysis of emissions for carbon reporting ever made available to the domestic building industry.
Design & Build UK told its readers our calculator was developed for construction professionals by construction professionals and avoided jargon. Its article highlighted that the tool spared users the time, energy and frustration involved in tasks like having to seek out individual product emission data.
The item also made the related point that the calculator met all relevant legal and regulatory standards, plus applicable governance procedures and methods, automatically.
BIM Plus explained to its readers how the innovation worked in detail and informed them that it had been in development for nine months. Meanwhile, Project Scotland understandably focused on the benefits the breakthrough offered construction industry professionals north of the border.
The calculator’s launch also featured on the website of leading annual industry event Digital Construction Week.
Their item highlighted that the tool future proofed users. This was because it aligned with version seven of the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method and updated Part Z Building Regulations, for example.
Founder slams government’s missing commitment to sustainable construction
This media blitz was followed in February by further prominent coverage of us in titles such as Construction UK. This reported that Tim Reeve, our founder and managing director, had criticised the Westminster government for a key omission.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves had just announced the administration’s backing for a series of major new infrastructure projects. These included the building of a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
The initiatives also featured the creation of the Lower Thames Crossing, a tunnel between Essex and Kent, and a railway arc linking Oxford and Cambridge.
The coverage quoted Tim, referring to Ms Reeves’ announcement, as saying: “This address ran to over 5,500 words, yet mentioned carbon only four times, with emissions and net zero being referenced merely twice each, for example.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves had just announced the administration’s backing for a series of major new infrastructure projects. These included the building of a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
The initiatives also featured the creation of the Lower Thames Crossing, a tunnel between Essex and Kent, and a railway arc linking Oxford and Cambridge.
The coverage quoted Tim, referring to Ms Reeves’ announcement, as saying: “This address ran to over 5,500 words, yet mentioned carbon only four times, with emissions and net zero being referenced merely twice each, for example.
“Moreover, none of these inclusions was in the context of the government being willing to use its undoubted influence to encourage sustainable construction.”
Tim said this could be achieved through making developments energy efficient, using low emission materials, adopting enlightened waste management techniques and minimising water usage.
His comments led to another leading industry publication, Design & Build UK, requesting that he should expand on these views for them in an in-depth interview.
