Futurebuild and UK Construction Week London will come together from 12-14 May 2026, creating a new national platform for the built environment at Excel London. The collaborative co-location will form the UK’s Built Environment Super Event, designed to reflect the ...

According to a recent McKinsey report, software solutions are emerging as enablers to meet net zero goals, with energy management systems (EMS), which allow users to monitor and optimise energy use in buildings and industrial processes playing a pivotal role. ...

Research from Mitie’s latest Net Zero Navigator report shows that organisations achieving the greatest decarbonisation progress are those embedding net zero into their core business strategy, rather than treating it solely as a compliance obligation. Drawing on insight from sustainability ...

Dalkia and Arup have completed a major decarbonisation project at 8 Fitzroy Street in London, Arup’s own headquarters, significantly reducing the building’s carbon footprint and demonstrating how sustainable retrofit can be achieved in a live, fully occupied environment. The £3.1 ...

Equans has been awarded a contract with London Borough of Haringey to lead a major retrofit project on the Coldfall Estate. Haringey’s homes account for around half of the borough’s carbon footprint, and this is the reason why the council ...

• Membership expands climate tech innovation and smart building solutions Signify, the world leader in lighting, has announced it has joined Sustainable Ventures, Europe’s leading climate tech growth partner as a corporate partner. Through this partnership, Signify will bring its ...

The Standard is a cross-industry initiative to develop the UK’s first Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard. Leading industry organisations BBP, BRE, the Carbon Trust, CIBSE, IStructE, LETI, RIBA, RICS, and UKGBC have joined forces to champion this initiative. Between April ...

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 ...

Multi-disciplinary consultancy Pick Everard has been selected to provide built heritage services for the National Trust in meeting its net zero and other sustainability targets. Appointed under the Building Surveying Associate Model, Pick Everard’s specialist culture and heritage team will work ...

United Infrastructure has partnered with the University of Salford to deliver a full-scale 1930s retrofit property within Energy House 2.0, the University’s world-leading research facility. The collaboration marks the first project under the new Centre for Retrofit, which aims to ...