Built Environment

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published new insight into the positive impact circular thinking can have in delivering whole life carbon reductions and value creation across construction projects. The study, ‘How Circular Economy Principles can impact carbon and ...

Andrew Jackson, Business Development Director EMEA, Shaw Contract on procuring flooring products and materials that contribute to a Circular Economy approach. If we are to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius in accordance with the Paris ...

When sound becomes noise, it can have a serious impact on health, wellbeing and productivity. James Saunders, General Manager of Enfield Speciality Doors, explains how acoustic doors can be used to tackle this ‘forgotten pollutant’. During lockdown, one thing that ...

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has published a checklist of key actions to help building owners and operators prepare for the radical health and safety changes contained in the Building Safety Act. New legislation, which came into force last month, ...

Entries are now open for the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2023, with new categories supporting a focus on actual, measured performance outcomes. The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Building Performance Awards recognise the teams, products, innovations, initiatives and ...

Approximately 70 per cent of the UK’s non-residential building stock was constructed before the year 2000. According to the Green Building Council, if the UK’s 2050 net zero targets are to be met, improved energy efficiency and reductions in embodied ...

Glenigan’s UK Construction Industry Forecast 2022-2024 indicates the construction industry is facing challenging economic conditions, particularly within consumer-related areas, but a firm development pipeline is predicted to lift industrial and office starts in 2022, as well as Government-funded areas such ...

The British Property Federation (BPF) has launched its Net Zero Pledge – an industry-wide member initiative to cut carbon emissions across the whole of the property sector. With the built environment accounting for up to 40 per cent of global ...

NBS, a leading construction data platform, has renewed its partnership with the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) for a further year. The partnership brings together a wealth of information, content and resources from both organisations, providing support throughout ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a guide to support industry to retrofit the UK’s poorly performing commercial buildings. From 2025, every commercial building in the UK will require an energy performance certificate (EPC) which rates its energy ...