Sustainability

Lendlease, Barratt Developments Plc and Redrow have been crowned as the UK's "most sustainable housebuilders" in this year's NextGeneration benchmarking survey

The City of London's new Draft Local Plan requires that "all new developments and refurbishments ... include a greening element";

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…

"Energy efficiency home improvement loans" are to be made available for home-owners and property buyers

Historic Marylebone mews building becomes one of London's most energy efficient homes

Insurance firm looks at how people expect their homes to change over the next 5, 10 and 20 years

"Architecture for well-being is not just a trend but the result of scientific findings: it cannot and should not be ignored"

Property owners need "carrots and sticks" to incentivise energy efficiency improvements in homes

How a green planning policy idea from Berlin could change the way London's new developments are assessed...

82% of homebuyers would pay more for an environmentally friendly property, says CBRE

London’s proposed “Garden Bridge” is no more, writes Ian Mell. After years of controversy, the city’s mayor has finally sunk the idea into the Thames.

CBRE explores the "fabric first" approach to improving domestic property sustainability and energy efficiency