Sustainability

Ziad Asmar is a Senior Structural Engineer at Pinnacle Consulting Engineering Ltd. He believes that people are open to...

Nick Hillard is the ESG lead at Tide Construction. He was a keynote speaker at the event. His talk was...

Philip Steele is the Future Technologies Evangelist at Octopus Energy. He is instrumental in driving innovation in areas such...

Justin Guest is a partner at Archipelago Eco Investors. He was a keynote speaker at the event. His talk...

With a personal interest in all things sustainable, Rory Bergin is the Head of Sustainability for HTA Design. He...

Romy Rawlings is the Commercial Director at Vestre. She is a Chartered Landscape Architect with lots of experience as...

David Lewis is the Operations & Finance Director for Ironstone Asset Management Limited. Life Sciences is a topic that...

Adrienne Bloch is the ESG, Managing Director for Bloch Solutions. She was a chairperson at the event. Her talk...

Next up, Steve Randall spoke to Martin Hale about EV charging. Martin Hale is the Sales Director for RAW...

As Sustainability Director at Thakeham Group, Josie Cadwallader-Hughes is responsible for keeping Thakeham at the leading edge, building partnerships...

Meet two young people in the Construction industry, Shane Orme and Serena Gugliotta of WSP. Pete the Builder spoke...

Steve Randall spoke to Sophie Cole of Mikhail Riches next about retrofitting and achieving zero carbon housing at scale...

Sebastian Wood from Whitby Wood talks to Pete The Builder. Listen to Sebastian Wood who was a keynote speaker...

Paul Lincoln from the Landscape Institute talks to Steve Randall about the vital part that landscaped spaces play in...

Pete The Builder talks to Steve Hearn, the Chief Executive Officer at Mid Group about using timber wood in...

FOOTPRINT+ Special 2 With Interviews From The Event Pete the Builder and Steve Randall along with this special’s guests...

Catherine Dewar and David Tomback from Historic England talk to Steve Randall about the important place that heritage buildings...

Richard Halsey from Energy Systems Catapult talks to Steve Randall about local energy planning and zero-carbon communities. Listen to...

Pete the Builder talks to Ian Waddingham, Director and Founder at QED Structures and his colleague, Myda Carolan. Ian...

Q-bot’s Betty is a robot that can get into hard-to-reach parts of heritage buildings to deploy insulation. Steve Randall...

Peter Finn talks to Katie Clemence-Jackson, senior project engineer and sustainability consultant at Max Fordham. Katie is a senior...

Tom Holbrow is the Business Development Director at Mace Group. He is a senior Board level professional with expertise...

Professor Greg Clark, chair of the Connected Places Catapult, talks to Steve Randall about zero carbon cities and the...

Footprint+ organiser Emily Day talks to Peter ‘Pete the Builder’ Finn about the success of the inaugural UK property...

FOOTPRINT+ Special 1 With Interviews From The Event      Pete the Builder and Steve Randall make you feel...

The term biomaterials is used to describe building materials derived from living organisms including plants, animals and fungi. Increasing...

Globally the construction industry accounts for 40% (or 3 billion cubic tons) of raw materials into the economy every...

In 2022 Q2, we will be speaking to Craig Applegath, architect, urban designer, and zero-carbon building pioneer, on the...

Globally we are seeing the catastrophic effects of climate change. With more frequent, more severe and previously unforeseen events,...

A new report, ‘Sustainable by design’, by engineering consultancy, Patrick Parsons, based on research with 100 senior executives of...

UKGBC’s Project Co-ordinator Anna Biggs maps out how the ambitions of the Paris Agreement cascade down to net...

The University of Liverpool’s Changing Streams Research Centre is part of  a pioneering research and development project aimed at building...

Hardwood floors are well-known for their durability, beauty, and timeless appeal, and they are used in both commercial and...

Following the announcement of a mandatory 30% cut in carbon for all new buildings, an industry expert is urging...

UKGBC responds to reports that HM Treasury is considering cutting ECO

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With less than six months to go until red diesel users will be charged the full fuel tax to...

Henry McDonald originally wrote about Changing Streams for The Guardian Newspaper in 2020 in a feature entitled, “Builder aims...

PLEASE NOTE: You should listen to Episode 17 before Episode 18 as they are two parts of the same...

This episode is the first part of the Post Cop26 Roadmap With Victoria Kate Burrows, Advancing Net Zero Director...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has today responded to the Government’s Environment Bill receiving royal assent.

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Regeneration business Peel L&P, responsible for the UK’s largest regeneration projects including Wirral Waters and Liverpool Waters, has...

In this episode of Conversations with Changing Streams the theme of Sustainable alternatives to plastic materials used in...

David Steen, Scotland Policy Advisor, at UKGBC, reflects on the launch of UKGBC Scotland at COP26.

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As part of the IGNITION project, UKGBC has published a short report that details opportunities for, and barriers...

UKGBC's Sustainability Advisor, Kai Liebetanz reflects on the relationship between Biodiversity and a Circular Economy on Nature Day...

Envirosuite has partnered with air quality monitoring technology designers Aeroqual to develop solutions for the mining, waste, wastewater and...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has today announced a new network based in Scotland to support and...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has today responded to the Chancellor’s plans for the UK to be...

Curtin University researchers have developed a method to determine which chemicals and types of metals are best to store...

Morgan Sindall Construction is collaborating with contingency power specialists Aggreko in an attempt to decarbonise construction sites across the...

Widespread scepticism around the government’s current net-zero strategy amongst built environment professionals has been revealed by new research with...

Victorians leading the transition to a circular economy have been recognised in the 2021 Premier’s Sustainability Awards. Selected from...

The built environment is fast becoming a driving force behind global climate change mitigation efforts, Race to Zero...

My country, Uganda, and much of Africa has been battered by climate-related disasters. Cop26 is a chance for...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has today responded to the Government’s Budget and two-year Spending Review.

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With a growing demand for increased biodiversity in all areas of construction, in this timely article, Brian Palmer, a...

The construction industry is experiencing damaging material challenges due to worldwide shortages and rising costs of manufacture, raw materials,...

The Government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy is a welcome development in decarbonising the UK heating sector, but must be...

The Infrastructure Sustainability Council’s 2021 Annual Impact Report has revealed that last financial year, projects certified by the council...