BREEAM rolls out green building standards to all residential properties
Widely-respected sustainable design certification will be available for all residential buildings from this Autumn
Tag: Sustainability
Property & business leaders call for ambitious climate change policy shift
Leaders of some of Britain’s biggest business – including many from the property sector – have penned an open letter to the Government, calling for climate neutrality by 2050 to be put into legislation
Top architects unite to declare a climate emergency
17 Stirling Prize-winning architects have teamed up to drive a ‘paradigm shift’ in building design
Net Zero by 2030: Grosvenor signs up to ‘pioneering’ green pledge
The venerable owner of vast swathes of Mayfair & Belgravia gives itself just over a decade to hit ‘net zero’ operating emissions
Coastal communities may have to move, warns Environment Agency in stark flood risk assessment
‘In some cases, the scale of flooding or coastal change may be so significant [that it] may mean potentially moving communities out of harm’s way in the longer term’
New Net Zero Carbon Building guidelines help developers build better for the future
The UK Green Building Council’s ambitious new framework sets out guidance for property developers and owners on how to make buildings better for the environment
Developing for the Future: On the healthy benefits of green building
New sustainable building regulations present an opportunity to address and improve other aspects of property design, says Olga Turner of sustainability and well-being consultancy Ekkist
Britain’s homes are ‘not fit for the future’, warns Gummer’s Committee on Climate Change
We are not ‘adequately prepared for the challenges of climate change’, warns the CCC, ‘both in terms of reducing emissions from UK homes and ensuring homes are adequately prepared for the impacts of climate change.’
Forbes heralds Ekkist founders in Europe’s 30-under-30 innovators list
One-year-old ‘architecture for wellbeing’ consultancy recognised as a top innovator in Europe.
Ranked: Britain’s most sustainable large housebuilders
Lendlease, Barratt Developments Plc and Redrow have been crowned as the UK’s “most sustainable housebuilders” in this year’s NextGeneration benchmarking survey
Why the City of London’s urban greening is good economic, not just environmental, sense
The City of London’s new Draft Local Plan requires that “all new developments and refurbishments … include a greening element”; this signals a wider shift in planners’ thinking, says Isabelle Ward, that could have far-reaching consequences for urban landscapes.
Coastal homes & communities could be swamped by rising sea levels within 80 years
A one-metre increase in sea levels could happen within a generation, warns the Committee on Climate Change, putting millions of homes at risk and wiping out many of Britain’s most coveted waterfront locations