Sustainability

Dorcas George-Jones of top-end construction and design firm Castellum chats to colleagues Victoria Evans and Lee Boileau about the challenges and opportunities of the 'retrofit boom', including a particularly…

Marion Baeli has moved on from Studio PDP to join Egis Group's 10 Design. Federica Romeo Beattie has been brought in to lead the practice's sustainability drive.

'Nearly everyone agrees, in principle, that urban greenery is a good thing,' says Create Streets, as it outlines a series of practical steps to 'make it the default to re-green our streets and squares'.

Spreading across more than 1,000km² near the Indian border, ambitious proposals for a new city at Gelephu promise 'a cradle for growth & innovation,' say architects.

Net-zero agricultural-to-resi development is 'inspired by nature, rooted in sustainability', says house-builder.

'Progress is being made but it needs to accelerate if we are to halt the devastating impact of climate change and protect asset value,' warns Deepki.

Overuse of the words 'sustainable' and 'sustainability' can dim the urgency and the scale of what we have to do and by when, writes Adam Architecture's Dr Martina Pacifici.

Matthew Pratt and Catherine Adams of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities are leading a charge to drive the housebuilding industry towards sustainability goals.

Buying agent Marcus Gondolo-Gordon agrees with the Climate Change Committee, that EPCs 'create market uncertainty and are in urgent need of reform' - and he has some practical suggestions for how things…

'We need a fairer, better approach to decarbonising how we heat our homes,' said the Prime Minister as he 'scrapped' a series of eco-minded measures.

RICS says its representatives will be "at the heart of the event with crucial access to the key influencers of global climate change policy."

"A simple tax restructure" could help more private rental homes meet EPC targets, suggest property industry insiders.