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A new initiative has been launched by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) designed to increase the adoption of sustainable solutions in the built environment and help them scale.
According to UKGBC, many solutions currently struggle with issues of “pilotisation” in the built environment, where they go through many trials, but struggle to scale across assets, projects and portfolios.
Backed by a growing network of partners and informed by UKGBC’s engagement with industry, the new initiative ‘Scaling Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment’ seeks to build on UKGBC’s existing work to accelerate the uptake of sustainable solutions in the built environment, and will involve targeted matchmaking between solution providers and adopters, new research into barriers to scaling, and the sharing of practical learnings from live projects.
UKGBC works directly with those who adopt solutions, including developers, contractors, asset owners and local authorities and says with a “trusted voice and a strong cross-sector network,” it can bridge the “critical gap between innovation and implementation”.
Marking a new chapter in UKGBC’s Solutions & Innovation workstream, the initiative builds on previous work around showcasing sustainable solutions through the Solutions Library, Trends Reports and Showcase Webinar series, and engagement with its expanding community of Innovative Start-Up Members.
Yetunde Abdul, Director of Industry Transformation, UKGBC said: “Many of the solutions we need to address the climate and ecological crises already exist, but they aren’t scaling at the pace required and adoption is often fragmented. This initiative seeks to build bridges between innovators and real-world project opportunities, share learnings from previous projects, understand systemic barriers to solutions scaling and identify ways these can be overcome. Ultimately, this represents a targeted and action-orientated area of focus for UKGBC, to drive real-world sustainable transformation.”
Emily-Rose Garnett, Senior Advisor – Solutions & Innovation, UKGBC commented: “UKGBC has closely collaborated with many innovators over the past few years as part of our Solutions & Innovation workstream. We are hearing of many facing the same challenges including procurement, risk aversion, complexity of projects and supply chains, and a knowledge and skills gap (to name a few). The solutions to many of these challenges lie in better collaboration, coordinated action and the sharing of learnings, which UKGBC is uniquely positioned to help facilitate.”
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