With developers and architects increasingly looking to design for a circular economy, here we clear up some of the subtle yet significant terminology and explain how to get the right green facade prod ...

As a major part of the structure of the building, the design and specification of the façade can make a significant difference to the embodied and operational carbon. However, there several important ...

In the plan for its Waste Prevention Programme for England, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) highlighted1 that the UK construction sector uses more resources than any oth ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) estimates that as much as 42% of all UK carbon emissions come from the built environment and that as much as 40% of that can be attributed to operational energy u ...

There is no doubt that the drive for net zero has never been a higher priority. However, the focus is often on operational carbon – the emissions associated with the heating, lighting and power for a ...