The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), has partnered with The Retrofit Academy (TRA), to help its members develop critical retrofit skills across the UK. At the heart of the partnership is access to UK Government-backed Warm Homes Skills funding, ...

As coworking occupancy rises sharply alongside the return-to-office push, with flexible office space now accounting for around 20 per cent of all leasing activity in major UK cities, a growing share of workplace demand is being absorbed into landlord-controlled, multi-tenant ...

Businesses are reframing how they talk about net zero but remain committed to decarbonisation and wary of the cost of inaction, according to BSI’s 2026 G7 ‘temperature check’. With heightened geopolitical instability and the oil crisis placing greater emphasis on ...

Net Zero starts in the supply chain says Daniel Usifoh, MSc, MCIPS, Co-Founder of Axiom Sustainability Software When FMs think about decarbonisation, the immediate focus is often on the buildings themselves. That means improving energy efficiency, investing in renewables or ...

Many of the sustainable solutions needed to deliver a net zero, nature-positive and climate-resilient built environment already exist, but systemic barriers are preventing them from scaling, warns a new report from the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC). Without faster action, ...

Around 65 per cent of London’s buildings pre-date modern energy standards, creating a major challenge for net zero. London’s architectural appeal is one of its defining strengths, but much of its commercial property market still operates inside buildings designed for ...

CIBSE has welcomed the Government’s recognition that whole-life carbon assessments will play an important role in decarbonising the UK’s buildings. However, the body for building services professionals is disappointed that it has rejected the Environmental Audit Committee’s recommendation to introduce ...

Version 1 of the UK’s first cross-industry Standard for Net Zero Carbon Aligned Buildings has been published. The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (“the Standard”) is a free-to-access technical standard that will enable the built environment to robustly prove ...

Sodexo UK & Ireland’s latest net zero progress report shows how investment in lower-carbon operations is helping its clients reduce emissions, meet compliance requirements and deliver measurable commercial value across their workplaces and sites. As organisations face increasing regulatory expectations, ...

The NABERS UK Energy for Office ratings, certified by CIBSE and administered through its wholly owned subsidiary CIBSE Certification, may now meet the operational energy requirements of the UK Net Zero Buildings Standard (UKNZCBS), as defined in Annex C of the Standard. Since taking ...