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Government urged to target 40GW solar capacity by 2030
Government urged to target 40GW solar capacity by 2030

Greenpeace, the Green Finance Institute, the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), and others call on government to set ambitious solar target

  • Solar
  • 26 February 2021
'Now is the time to invest': Top business groups warn against cutting Green Homes Grant Scheme
'Now is the time to invest': Top business groups warn against cutting Green Homes Grant Scheme

More than 25 businesses and organisations join chorus of calls for government to give long-term backing to beleaguered home retrofit voucher programme

  • Buildings
  • 22 February 2021
Government blames Covid-19 for Green Homes Grant woes
Government blames Covid-19 for Green Homes Grant woes

Green business groups left baffled and frustrated by decision to withdraw over £1bn from flagship green home upgrade programme

  • Buildings
  • 12 February 2021
'A shambles': Is the Green Homes Grant scheme budget being cut?
'A shambles': Is the Green Homes Grant scheme budget being cut?

Concerns rise that unspent funding underpinning embattled green home retrofit scheme will not be rolled over beyond March, despite myriad teething issues

  • Buildings
  • 10 February 2021
Back on the road to net zero homes?
Back on the road to net zero homes?

The government's plans for Building Regulations are a step in the right direction, but they must go further and not hold local authorities back, argues the UK Green Building Council's Philip Box

  • Buildings
  • 03 February 2021
UK housebuilders to face 'zero carbon ready' standard from 2025
UK housebuilders to face 'zero carbon ready' standard from 2025

Government confirms Future Homes Standard will apply to any new homes built from 2025, delivering a major uptick in the pace of the shift away from gas boilers - but campaigners are left disappointed by failure to adopt more rapid timetable

  • Buildings
  • 20 January 2021
New guides aim to accelerate shift towards net zero buildings, but challenges remain
New guides aim to accelerate shift towards net zero buildings, but challenges remain

New guidance and rating systems aim to help property developers and managers green their buildings, but an analysis warns Spending Review commitments could cover barely a thousandth of the total cost of making UK buildings net zero compatible

  • Buildings
  • 30 November 2020
To build a greener future for construction, we must first get to grips with value
To build a greener future for construction, we must first get to grips with value

A new building can have a positive environmental impact, deliver value for money and benefit society, argue UK Green Building Council's Alastair Mant, and Ron Lang of the Construction Innovation Hub

  • Buildings
  • 23 November 2020
To 'build back greener' we need to turbocharge the market for greenery
To 'build back greener' we need to turbocharge the market for greenery

If the government is serious about the utilising nature-based solutions, we need to turbocharge the market for urban greening, argues the UK Green Building Council's Philip Box

  • Buildings
  • 03 August 2020
'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
Coronavirus Response: Building on the certainty of risk to secure a low carbon future
Coronavirus Response: Building on the certainty of risk to secure a low carbon future

The scale of state intervention to help economies recover provides a once in a lifetime opportunity to stimulate low carbon industries, argues Julie Hirigoyen of the UK Green Building Council

  • Buildings
  • 17 April 2020
CCC: Weak UK housing rules risk raising net zero costs and climate vulnerability
CCC: Weak UK housing rules risk raising net zero costs and climate vulnerability

Government's current green housing policies 'do not go far enough' to protect against climate change or cutting CO2, advisory body warns

  • Buildings
  • 19 February 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
Devastating floods lay bare urgent need for climate-resilient buildings
Devastating floods lay bare urgent need for climate-resilient buildings

The UK should aim to ensure all buildings and infrastructure resilient to climate impacts by 2030, argues UK Green Building Council's John Alker

  • Buildings
  • 15 November 2019
'Modest masterpiece': Does a prize-winning low carbon council estate point to a greener future for architecture?
'Modest masterpiece': Does a prize-winning low carbon council estate point to a greener future for architecture?

More than 100 council houses in Norwich built to Passivhaus standards have been recognised by the prestigious Stirling Prize for architecture

  • Buildings
  • 10 October 2019
The case for businesses embracing the climate strikes
The case for businesses embracing the climate strikes

John Alker of the UK Green Building Council argues there are compelling reasons for businesses to actively engage with the current wave of climate protests

  • Climate change
  • 30 September 2019
JLL commits to net zero by 2030
JLL commits to net zero by 2030

Property consultancy giant JLL has pledged to make its own workplaces net zero and use its influence to drive wider adoption of the target across the sector

  • Buildings
  • 13 September 2019
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
Report sketches blueprint for Europe-wide green mortgage market
Report sketches blueprint for Europe-wide green mortgage market

Finance and green building sectors will need to work closely together to develop market for energy efficient mortgages, according to new report from the World Green Building Council

  • Buildings
  • 19 June 2019
Property giant Grosvenor announces net zero goal
Property giant Grosvenor announces net zero goal

Grosvenor Britain and Ireland has stepped up its environmental ambitions with a series of new commitments

  • Buildings
  • 21 May 2019
Construction: UKGBC launches net zero emissions framework
Construction: UKGBC launches net zero emissions framework

UK Green Building Council has launched a framework to help the construction industry transition to net zero carbon emissions by 2050

  • Buildings
  • 30 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
Businesses, cities, and regions pledge to deliver net zero building sector by 2050
Businesses, cities, and regions pledge to deliver net zero building sector by 2050

Signatories make combined pledge to eliminate 192 million tonnes of carbon emissions from buildings by 2050

  • Buildings
  • 13 September 2018
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