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'Groundbreaking': Landsec plots net zero office building in UK first
'Groundbreaking': Landsec plots net zero office building in UK first

Developer claims commercial development in central London will be first to meet UK Green Building Council's net zero standards

  • Buildings
  • 29 July 2020
Those net-zero building commitments are adding up
Those net-zero building commitments are adding up

The coronavirus crisis has not slowed the growing momentum behind the net zero building trend

  • Net Zero Now
  • 09 July 2020
How a greener homes drive could hold the key to over 150,000 post-Covid jobs
How a greener homes drive could hold the key to over 150,000 post-Covid jobs

Two major new reports today have highlighted how relatively modest policy reforms and financial innovations could turbocharge UK decarbonisation efforts and provide thousands of construction jobs

  • Policy
  • 20 May 2020
Janus Henderson UK Property PAIF commits to net zero carbon by 2030
Janus Henderson UK Property PAIF commits to net zero carbon by 2030

The fund's new targets are intended to align with targets set by the UK Green Building Council

  • Buildings
  • 17 January 2020
Cities must kick-start a home retrofit revival in 2020
Cities must kick-start a home retrofit revival in 2020

Without strong national policy signals, cities must step into the void and offer ambitious energy efficiency schemes, argues the UK Green Building Council's John Alker

  • Buildings
  • 17 January 2020
Boris Johnson: Zero carbon dude or Captain Mainwaring?
Boris Johnson: Zero carbon dude or Captain Mainwaring?

Slashing emissions from the UK's building stock should be top of the Prime Minister's agenda, and a relatively straight forward policy win, argues UKGBC's Jenny Holland

  • Buildings
  • 01 August 2019
Shock horror: Climate change is now a vote winner
Shock horror: Climate change is now a vote winner

We've hit a breakthrough moment in climate change - the buildings sector must not squander it, argues John Alker of the UK Green Building Council

  • Policy
  • 28 May 2019
Bennetts Associates becomes first architects to secure Science Based Target approval
Bennetts Associates becomes first architects to secure Science Based Target approval

UK based practice behind Facebook's new pioneering London HQ confirms plan to slash emissions 21 per cent by 2022

  • Management
  • 25 April 2019
'Disappointing and unsurprising': No landlords 'named and shamed' for breaking fuel poverty rules
'Disappointing and unsurprising': No landlords 'named and shamed' for breaking fuel poverty rules

Concerns remain that MEES energy efficiency rules for rental properties in England and Wales are not being robustly policed

  • Buildings
  • 17 April 2019
Construction and property must embrace circular principles
Construction and property must embrace circular principles

The building sector is a major resource user, but circular thinking can keep firms ahead of competition and regulation, argues UKGBC's Alastair Mant

  • Recycling
  • 12 April 2019
Living in VUCA times and the moral case for climate action
Living in VUCA times and the moral case for climate action

John Alker argues businesses are facing a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world - the time has come to expand on the financial case for climate action

  • Buildings
  • 01 March 2019
Construction and property is getting serious about net zero carbon
Construction and property is getting serious about net zero carbon

The government has once again ducked the opportunity to strengthen green building standards, but thankfully the industry is looking to take a lead

  • Buildings
  • 23 January 2019
From net zero to green mortgages: Building sector steps up decarbonisation drive
From net zero to green mortgages: Building sector steps up decarbonisation drive

UK Green Building Council launches Advancing Net Zero programme to eliminate emissions from buildings, as BNP Paribas and E.ON debut green mortgage offer

  • Buildings
  • 18 October 2018
'Game-changer': Industry groups unveil green mortgage standards
'Game-changer': Industry groups unveil green mortgage standards

Alliance of Green Building Councils launch new report detailing how mortgage providers can help accelerate low carbon transition

  • Buildings
  • 24 September 2018
'Game-changer': Major European banks partner for green mortgage pilot
'Game-changer': Major European banks partner for green mortgage pilot

BNP Paribas, ING Bank, and Société Générale among the banking giants backing new mortgages offering lower interest rates for most energy efficient homes

  • Investment
  • 14 June 2018
Prime Minister pledges to halve new building energy use by 2030
Prime Minister pledges to halve new building energy use by 2030

Theresa May unveils target to halve energy usage of new buildings by 2030 as she talks up plans to place UK at forefront of global scientific research and technological development

  • Politics
  • 21 May 2018
Green homes: Local leaders call for planning overhaul
Green homes: Local leaders call for planning overhaul

Liverpool Mayor among signatories to letter urging stronger planning measures to boost energy efficient homes

  • Policy
  • 11 May 2018
Evidence mounts: Green buildings cut costs and create healthier communities
Evidence mounts: Green buildings cut costs and create healthier communities

Latest research suggests green buildings could usher in cleaner, more efficient and healthier environments

  • Buildings
  • 24 April 2018
China joins World Green Building Council community
China joins World Green Building Council community

Move hailed as 'hugely significant' given China's position as largest building construction market in the world

  • Buildings
  • 03 April 2018
Set 2030 zero carbon standard for new homes, construction sector urges
Set 2030 zero carbon standard for new homes, construction sector urges

Letter from 50 construction and property business leaders calls on government to deliver long-term green building policy certainty

  • Buildings
  • 26 March 2018
Greener planning: Government unveils fresh planning guidelines, but will they deliver sustainable developments?
Greener planning: Government unveils fresh planning guidelines, but will they deliver sustainable developments?

Fresh draft of the National Planning Policy Frameworks makes local authority's role in managing rising temperatures and flood risk, but other green goals appear to have been downgraded

  • Legislation
  • 06 March 2018
Could measurement hold the key for sustainability entering the mainstream?
Could measurement hold the key for sustainability entering the mainstream?

John Alker of the Green Building Council takes a look at a new report on the green and social KPIs all businesses should consider

  • Management
  • 22 January 2018
Clean Growth needs to become second nature
Clean Growth needs to become second nature

The Clean Growth Strategy was welcome, argues UKGBC's John Alker, but it needs to be properly embedded in all government activity

  • Policy
  • 23 October 2017
Energy efficiency standards: Are landlords about to be let off the hook?
Energy efficiency standards: Are landlords about to be let off the hook?

EXCLUSIVE: Draft guidance seen by BusinessGreen could allow many landlords to take advantage of an exemption from new energy efficiency legislation

  • Legislation
  • 03 August 2017
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