Tag Archives: built environment

Blog from Rory Murphy, Commercial Director, VINCI Facilities Carbon Neutral, Carbon Offsetting, Net zero, rewilding, green roofs, wellbeing, single use plastic: the list of things to be aware of, to cut, to manage and recycle could be seen as bewildering. ...

Giles Korner, Head of Smart Buildings at engineering consultancy Hurley Palmer Flatt, explains how the latest technologies can improve environmental conditions for building occupants The design of buildings is becoming more focused on the wellbeing of occupants, creating comfortable and ...

The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) revealed the 2020 Building Performance Award winners in a recent ceremony held at the at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. A new focus on renovation and renewal emerged at the 2020 CIBSE ...

The UK Green Building Council’s (UKGBC) catalogue of net zero case studies, profiling projects that demonstrate innovative approaches that align with UKGBC’s net zero carbon buildings framework is now live on the organisations’ website. Following the launch of the Net ...

Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA) has signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) formalising the organisations’ relationship. The agreement outlines how BSRIA and IWFM will work cooperatively to improve the ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has revealed the names of 21 sustainability professionals who have been selected to embark on its Future Leaders programme 2020. Now in its seventh year, the five-month programme brings together professionals in the early ...

Magenta, the communications agency for the built environment, has opened an office in North America to support its growing client base in the region. At the same time, Jo Sutherland, who has been with the agency for four years, takes on ...

John McDonald, Director of Corporate Development at GRAHAM, examines the pressures facing the NHS, and outlines the crucial role BIM and smart buildings have to play in delivering a future-proof built environment for the healthcare sector As the NHS continues ...

In the last of its series of four ‘Megatrends’ white papers, BSRIA explores one of the defining issues of our age; one that affects almost every aspect of life and business, and one which is already having a big impact ...

A new in-depth research led report reveals the construction industry is stepping up to its digital transformation opportunity. A survey of 200 UK decision makers in construction, as part of a new industry report, reveals 2020 to be a pivotal ...