The UKGBC has marked exceeding 100 innovative start-up members, (innovators who are striving to create a more sustainable built environment), with the announcement of a new initiative called “Scaling Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment” aimed at enabling more ‘on ...

The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) has released a new publication which provides a roadmap to understanding and leveraging AI in the built environment. ‘Gamechanger: A Facility Manager’s Guide to Building a Relationship with AI’ serves as a guide for ...

The Pilot Version of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (UK NZCBS) has launched. It is the UK’s first cross-industry Standard that brings together net zero carbon requirements for all major building types and will enable the UK Built ...

Royal London’s colleague workspace at 80 Fenchurch Street in London has been awarded WELL Certification at the Platinum level – the highest level of certification under the WELL Building Standard (WELL v2), as awarded by the International WELL Building Institute ...

James Wanless has joined Houlihan Lokey’s Business Services Group as a Director, focusing on the built environment and facilities services sectors. Wanless joins the global investment bank from DC Advisory, where he was a Director in the Business & Tech-Enabled ...

Whether you are creating internal reports, submitting regulatory or industry reports, pulling together your data for benchmarking, or keeping your stakeholders informed and happy, reporting can be a laborious and time hungry task, which many of us don’t relish. Modern ...

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has launched a groundbreaking science-based decarbonisation framework for companies and financial institutions in the buildings value chain. The framework sets 1.5°C-aligned emissions reduction targets for the buildings industry to overcome current climate challenges and ...

Whether it is in tightening up employment and health and safety legislation, promoting a green energy agenda or addressing sustainability, the new Labour Government is promising change. Leading organisations representing facilities and health and safety professionals discuss how the change ...

An innovative scheme designed to assess the competency of individuals offering specialist services in management systems has been launched by CIBSE Certification. Recognising the significant challenges faced by organisations and consultants within the built environment, particularly in the fields of ...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned of ‘questionable’ net zero carbon claims within the built environment, while in a recent survey ‘Greenwashing – what’s true, what’s not, and does it matter?’ almost 90 per cent of respondents believe ...