Solutions
Highlighting exemplary and commercially available solutions that address common sustainability challenges across the built environment.
Explore 2024’s Trends in Solutions
This report summarises a range of solution trends that UKGBC has seen over the course of 2023, also providing context on their use and driving forces in the UK market.
Featured solutions
Product selection platform
Make sustainable building decisions to meet carbon and ESG targets with confidence.
Database of sustainable building products
Platform centralising sustainability data, enabling designers to save time and money at any project stage.
LCA for construction & manufacturing
Easy to use life-cycle assessment & environmental product declaration software.
Energy Monitoring Platforms for Commercial Buildings
Solutions providing energy monitoring dashboards to help commercial building users understand the performance of their buildings
Site Analysis Tools for BNG
Solutions which facilitate site assessments for Biodiversity Net Gain
Digital twin and building analytics platform
Real time monitoring and analytics of environmental parameters and carbon emissions for an asset or portfolio.
Cloud-based platform to bridge the performance gap between design and operation
Tool which transfers design energy models into Digital Twins to optimise operational performance over a building’s lifetime
Materials Passports Platforms
Solutions which facilitate the creation, storage, and use of materials passports
Collated guidance for reducing carbon in buildings
Free online resource providing access to over 1000 international and regional guidance and resources for managing carbon reduction in buildings mapped against project stage.
Intelligent building vibration reduction system
Active mass damping technology to reduce building vibrations
Fully wired digital building control
Whole building, fully wired “digital by default” control system.
Low-Carbon Roof Extensions to Existing Buildings
Construction method adding lightweight, low-carbon roof extensions to existing buildings
Autonomous control of HVAC
Solutions using a range of data sets to automatically adjust building HVAC in real time based on changing environmental conditions
ESG and Climate Risk Tracking and Reporting Platform
All-in-one platform that integrates key tools for climate risk assessment, sustainability performance tracking, and ESG data reporting.
In-Use Building Data Analysis Tool
Platform to organise, visualise and interrogate a wide variety of building energy data
Content within the solutions library is supplied by the solution providers and UKGBC offers no commercial endorsement of individual solutions mentioned. Solutions are showcased as a source of inspiration, and we do hope that you follow up with the innovators to find out more.
Solutions Library Partner
Our solutions library is made possible due to the generous support of our solutions library partner.
Solutions and Innovation
UKGBC works to be at the forefront of solutions and innovation in the built environment, working with a range of stakeholders from across the built environment to forge connections and enact radical change.
