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Sustainable refurbishment specialist, Better Green Living, has announced its business expansion into office, hotel and nursing home sectors, as it brings its retrofit expertise to existing commercial and residential buildings to meet the UK’s Net Zero target by 2050.
Existing buildings account for 40 per cent of energy consumption in the UK, and with 3.5 million commercial buildings requiring retrofitting measures in the next decade to reduce emissions target, Better Green Living says its shift in focus will support the country’s aims to improve energy efficiency as the business expands its zero-waste approach and applies its retrofitting capabilities to the sectors most in demand.
Previous projects completed by the specialists have included the 17-phase design and build of 557 bedroom and bathrooms, 90 kitchens and communal spaces at King’s College London’s Stamford Street Apartments and the design and build of the new Canalside development at Manchester’s Co Op Live.
Dee Parsons, Group CEO and Sustainability & Outreach Director at Better Green Group, said: “As a business, we are expanding into sectors where our proven expertise in live-environment retrofitting adds the most value. For the past five years, our work as Principal Contractor at King’s College London has shown that complex refurbishments can be delivered safely, sustainably and with minimal disruption in fully occupied buildings.
“Hotels, office spaces and nursing homes present the same challenges as student accommodation: sensitive, operational environments that require exceptional planning, communication, and precision. It is vital that we apply the lessons and processes developed through our large-scale student accommodation programmes to sectors that have the potential to accelerate the UK’s Net Zero ambitions.”
The way we work has changed – yet, many organisations are still relying on rigid, one-size-fits-all tools to manage desks and meeting rooms, according to a new study from workplace management solutions provider, Matrix Booking.
Spreadsheets, calendars, and generic booking software may have worked once, but they’re struggling to keep pace with today’s flexible, hybrid workforce. The result? Wasted time, frustrated employees, and expensive underutilised space.
Matrix Booking’s new study, ‘One-size-fits-all booking systems don’t work for today’s workforce’, explores why current systems are falling short – and how organisations can reimagine workspace management to boost efficiency, employee experience, and cost savings.
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