Sustainability
‘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…
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'
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
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