With the Climate Change Committee warning that, 20 years after the passage of the Climate Change Act, the UK remains poorly prepared for the physical risks brought about by climate change, Lee Adcock, group sustainability director at Genuit Group, argues that climate adaptation in the built environment increasingly comes down to delivery capability, rather than policy ambition alone.
Carl Saxon, regional director at Wallace Whittle, explains why affordable net zero schools depend on design decisions made before anyone breaks ground.
Anil Sawhney, Fabrizio Varriale, Kisa Zehra and Katherine Pitman of the RICS Sustainability Team on the importance of surveyors in delivering sustainability outcomes.
The sector must invest in people as well as technology if it is to meet future demands, writes Wayne Rose, chief executive of the British Pump Manufacturers Association
A Met Office report stating that the UK’s extreme weather conditions are ‘the new normal’ highlights the importance of ensuring Britain’s homes can cope with both ends of the weather spectrum.
One year on from the cancellation of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, clarity and consistency are needed in the form of a long-term funding mechanism to catalyse the public sector’s net zero progress, writes Lee Tebbatt, managing director at Wilo UK.
Innovate UK’s Advance Market Commitment for next-generation low-carbon concrete continues to build momentum as three new organisations join the list of signatories.
