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Back to School: How to turn a promising start into top marks
So what does UKGBC want to see on the class schedule for the year ahead?…
1 Sep, 2025
Sustainability Leadership in the Built Environment: My Journey with UKGBC
My leadership journey with UKGBC, through the Future Leaders and Change Accelerator programmes, has been one of connection, and transformation. From navigating personal and professional uncertainty to discovering the power of collective action and systems change, these experiences helped me find clarity, purpose, and confidence.
12 Aug, 2025
How do we prepare our cities and buildings for drought?
What impact can drought have on our buildings and cities? Drought can also make other…
5 Aug, 2025
From Awareness to Impact: Insights from a 300+ person ESG Training Programme
At UKGBC Bespoke Learning, we run all kinds of training sessions for different organisations. While we’re there to support others on their sustainability journey, we often find ourselves learning just as much in return. Working closely with people across different sectors gives us fresh insight into what it really takes to put sustainability into practice.
30 Jul, 2025
Leading Through the Fog: UKGBC’s Sustainability Leadership in Uncertain Times
UKGBC leadership programmes equip participants to lead through conflict, to build narratives that hold nuance, and to foster the courage it takes to challenge the norms.
28 Jul, 2025
‘Microclimate First’: Climate Resilient Design Starts with Creating Positive Microclimates
The most resilient places are the ones that respect and respond to their microclimate.” Environmental…
21 Jul, 2025
Storms, climate change and how we make our cities resilient
Is climate change making storms worse in the UK? In short, yes. The Met Office…
2 Jun, 2025
Sustainable Construction for the Sustainable Development Goals
What is sustainable construction? Sustainable construction is defined as construction processes that have as limited…
29 May, 2025
Fixing the Competency Gap: Moving Beyond Qualifications in Domestic Retrofit
The ambition to retrofit Britain’s homes is one of the country’s most urgent and far-reaching…
7 May, 2025
UKGBC Members visit Coal House in Cardiff
In February, UKGBC members visited Coal House, a commercial deep retrofit project in Cardiff, to see practical solutions to commercial retrofit challenges and hear about the process first-hand from the team involved.
15 Apr, 2025
How do you create a Flood Resilient City?
Learn how our cities can become safe from flooding, and what practical actions local organisations can take now.
3 Apr, 2025
Accelerating Local Retrofit: The Power of Collaboration
Helen Burridge explores the role of UKGBC’s Local Area Retrofit Accelerator (LARA) in helping Hertfordshire authorities to progress retrofit measures.
25 Mar, 2025
