Until the last decade, buildings in the UK have largely been designed using weather data from the past rather than the climate they will experience over the next 50 years. This contradiction sits at t …

Housing decarbonisation remains a major challenge for the built environment. Oliver Mooney, Head of Category at Fusion21 explores how strategic procurement can help build skills, strengthen supply cha …

Readers will know just how important the built environment is to climate outcomes. Simply running existing buildings accounts for around one fifth of UK emissions, before we consider construction emis …

I find myself increasingly questioning our ‘business as usual’. The silly questions do not seem so silly anymore and BAU does not necessarily equate to best practice. As the environment in which we bu …

No one can deny that climate change is an immediate urban and infrastructure design challenge. For all of us working across construction, architecture and the built environment, we need to address how …

After last week’s red weather alerts in the UK, the Passivhaus Trust’s Yogini Patel discusses how Passivhaus summer comfort strategies can help make UK buildings more resilient to overheating. Last we …

The UK retrofit sector has no shortage of ambition. Across housing, construction, local government and sustainability, there is now broad recognition that improving the performance of existing homes i …

Both Architecture practice and academia are undergoing simultaneous transformation at a pace I have not witnessed in over 40 years in the industry. This is not incremental change; it is structural. To …

Futurebuild remains one of the few places where we see the full retrofit ecosystem come together, from policymakers and clients to contractors, innovators and technology providers. Attendees were galv …

Trees and green infrastructure are now central to the urban resilience discourse. They are increasingly called upon to cool streets, provide shade, support biodiversity, improve water management, and …