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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
Reimagining our Homes and Communities
Anna Hollyman, Co-Head of Policy & Places, reflects on our new Regenerative Places Programme and what it means for our communities and ecosystems.
28 Feb, 2025
Driving Organisational Change: Training in Sustainability Leadership
The built environment is a key contributor to climate change and biodiversity collapse. Both pose a…
20 Feb, 2025
EPDs and Materials Passports in Circular Construction
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched its latest guidance on materials passports, reinforcing…
19 Feb, 2025
What is Operational Carbon in buildings?
Operational Carbon vs. Embodied Carbon Our buildings are responsible for two types of emissions: operational…
24 Jan, 2025
Reflections on Leadership and Sustainability in the Built Environment
I was very lucky to be Arup’s beneficiary of the UKGBC’s Future Leaders programme in 2024. In the months since the 2024 cohort last met, I’ve had the opportunity to reflect on the solid foundations of sustainability leadership that were built in the programme, while being increasingly engaged in various leading industry initiatives with Arup
4 Dec, 2024
Retrofit: Operational energy in the spotlight
The retrofit movement has gained momentum, but projects continue to face barriers. Cost is the…
27 Nov, 2024
What’s next for Embodied Ecological Impacts?
The urgency of the nature and biodiversity crisis is finally getting recognised in the built…
26 Nov, 2024
Finding my voice: Reflections on the Future Leaders Programme
It’s one thing to understand the importance of sustainability in theory, but this programme helped make it personal.
14 Nov, 2024
Regenerative Places: Empowering communities to improve homes and neighbourhoods for the benefit of people and planet.
As autumn draws in, and winter approaches, many people’s thoughts are turning to the big…
16 Oct, 2024
