By Elizabeth Hopkirk2021-04-14T06:00:00+01:00
Proposed Future Buildings Standard contains ‘significant shortcomings’, government warned
A coalition of architects, built environment and climate groups has written to the top civil servant at the housing ministry highlighting what it describes as “significant shortcomings” in the proposed Future Buildings Standard (FBS).
The government must be far more ambitious in the way it regulates the energy consumption of new buildings, say the 21 signatories who include the RIBA, Architects Declare, the Architects Climate Action Network and the UK Green Building Council.
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The letter to the permanent secretary at the MHCLG, Jeremy Pocklington, outlines serious concerns about the proposed new energy and ventilation standards for non-domestic buildings and existing homes in England.
By Jess Tomlinson 2021-04-08T00:00:00+01:00
A sustainability strategy, once considered a nice-to-have, is now a business imperative across the real estate sector.
A new Barclays report draws on insights from some of the industry’s early movers to outline the value of sustainability and how to create a winning strategy.
According to the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), the built environment contributes around 40% of the UK’s carbon footprint, making buildings the second-largest source of emissions in the country. And although new buildings are more energy-efficient, 80% of the buildings that will be in use by 2050 have already been constructed.
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