Net Zero in Construction

Bouygues UK, the principal contractor building Pentre Awel, has worked with its sub-contractors  and supply chain through the 24-month build to achieve net zero on the construction stage.
This includes:
• Over 90% reduction on direct emissions of all fuels on site
• 10% reduction in waste production and energy and water consumption. Resulting in a saving of over 450 tonnes of carbon emissions.

The project has implemented energy, waste and resource-saving initiatives including:
• Adopting sustainability-certified hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as fuel. This initiative will be rolled out to all Bouygues UK sites across the UK.
• Sourcing recycled and green materials. 

24 specific initiatives were targeted to help reduce emissions, waste and energy which included:
• Solar-powered site office and CCTV cameras.
• Source recycled building materials including reinforced bars with 98% recycled content and
structural steel with 80% recycled content.
• Soil from the surface during excavating taken to a local recycling facility to be segregated,
treated and reused.
• Partnership with Gaia to identify, monitor and reduce power consumption using AI and
sensors. Energy savings using Gaia is 47.9%
• A carbon consultant to identify low carbon solutions, monitor waste, carbon and deliveries
and upskilling the workforce 

“We are immensely proud of this achievement. As well as building a state of the art, top quality facility, as a project team we set our minds to reducing as much of our carbon emissions as possible.
We set out a plan and I’m so pleased to say that we have achieved it. This would not have happened had it not been for the determination and support of not only the Bouygues UK staff here at Pentre Awel, but also our amazing subcontractors and supply chain partners who came with us on this net zero journey.”
Peter Sharpe
Project Director, Pentre Awel