Sustainability
Green Building Council rolls out Climate Commitment Platform & Leadership Model for real estate companies
21 big-hitting property firms have already signed up to help champion sustainable practices and innovations in the built environment
West London mews development launches with ‘unrivalled green credentials’
The four new-build houses sit in a gated mews in Shepherd's Bush
‘These houses cost an arm, leg & lung’: Air pollution tool encourages London house-hunters to cut property prices
Londoners are being urged to use air pollution data to drive down house prices and rents; "this is going to be industry standard", says the NAEA's chief
The Value of Community: ‘Sustainable urbanism’ offers dividends for property developers & homeowners
Homes built on the principles of sustainable urbanism - with an emphasis on character and community - achieve higher residential development values and can maintain house price premiums, according to research…
‘Coastal residents may need to systematically retreat’
The Global Commission on Adaptation - led by Ban Ki-Moon, Bill Gates and Kristalina Georgieva - has warned that "coastal residents may need to systematically retreat" as a result of climate change and r…
Energy efficiency charges up home-owners’ priorities
As the Government consults on mandatory EV chargepoints for new-build homes, Jackson-Stops asks home-owners about their energy priorities
Experts call for ban on glass skyscrapers to save energy in climate crisis
Leading architects and engineers are calling for all-glass skyscrapers to be banned, reports James Tapper in The Observer, because they are too difficult and expensive to cool
Climate Change: Real estate worth billions could become obsolete – unless owners act now
Academics weigh-in on the costs for property owners of not acting now on energy efficiency
Belgravia sprouts ‘world-first’ green lamp posts
Grosvenor has pimped hanging baskets to create mini solar-powered vertical gardens along Ebury Street
Government launches green mortgage strategy to cut household emissions
The Government's new Green Finance Strategy promises reductions to homeowners mortgage rates, household bills - and emissions.
RIBA formally declares a climate change emergency
The Royal Institute of British Architects is drawing up a five-year action plan to help tackle climate change from a built environment perspective
In Pictures: Google owner reveals ground-breaking Toronto waterfront masterplan
Alphabet-owned Sidewalk Labs has developed a smart city regeneration plan for 12 acres of Toronto's industrial waterfront, calling it 'the most innovative district in the entire world'