How Can WLCA Help Designers Reduce Embodied Carbon Emissions?
Sustainability is at the forefront of every building designer’s mind today. And for many, the firm focus is on designing structures that reduce operational emissions; [...]
How the Energy Hierarchy Can Help Reduce Operational Carbon Emissions
Buildings represent one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, and it’s estimated that just under one third of those emissions come from everyday [...]
Why Thermal Analysis Should Be Considered in Early Design
Every building will naturally feel cooler in the winter months, and warmer in the summer. However, extreme temperatures could become much more common here in [...]
Whole Life Cycle Assessment And Building Circularity For The London Plan
Here, we delve deeper into the new London Plan 2021 and how Mayor Sadiq Khan has set London's future construction and environment development. This is [...]
How Can Building Simulation & Modelling Help You Achieve Net Zero?
For building developers and architects aiming to create buildings that are net-zero, in line with the government’s mission of achieving net-zero by 2050, the latest [...]
The Complete Guide to Developing a Net Zero Building
The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) has issued findings reporting that the number of organisations committed to net-zero energy buildings has doubled in one year. This is an [...]
What Are the Guidances Available for Achieving Net Zero?
With the UK government’s declaration of a Climate Emergency, the urgency to address carbon emissions has been accelerated. New legislation for the construction industry has asserted that all new buildings [...]
Certifications Commercial – How BREEAM NC and Refurb Can Support Achieving Net Zero Carbon Buildings?
Due to the UK government’s declaration of a Climate Emergency, the urgency to address carbon emissions has become paramount. As part of this, the government [...]
How Net Zero Carbon Homes Support the UN Sustainable Development Goals?
In 2015, the United Nations set an Agenda for Sustainable Development for 2030, which included 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals would be [...]
Certifications Residential – How Home Quality and BREEAM In-use Can Support Net Zero Carbon Buildings?
As part of the UK’s mission to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the construction industry has stepped up to task on reducing [...]
Net Zero Buildings: The Operational Stage
As part of the government’s aim for the United Kingdom to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, all new buildings are required to be [...]
Net Zero Buildings: The Construction Stage
To meet the UK’s aim of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the construction and building sector has been tasked with the responsibility of measuring, [...]