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UKGBC launches new Solutions Library to enable sustainable buildings

|Date: 8 June, 2021

UKGBC launches new Solutions Library to enable sustainable buildings

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a new Solutions Library designed to address shared sus ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a new Solutions Library designed to address shared sustainability challenges within the property and construction sector and enhance collaboration be ...

8 June, 2021
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UKGBC launches guidance to help built assets adapt to climate risk and enhance nature

|Date: 29 April, 2021

UKGBC launches guidance to help built assets adapt to climate risk and enhance nature

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published its ‘Principles for delivering urban Nature-based Sol ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published its ‘Principles for delivering urban Nature-based Solutions’ (NBS), to help developers and owners increase the incorporation of NBS within the const ...

29 April, 2021
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New guidance for renewable energy procurement and carbon offsetting

|Date: 10 March, 2021

New guidance for renewable energy procurement and carbon offsetting

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published Renewable Energy Procurement and Carbon Offsetting Gu ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published Renewable Energy Procurement and Carbon Offsetting Guidance for Net Zero Carbon Buildings. This guidance provides clarity for the property and const ...

10 March, 2021
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Social value and encouraging a better gender balance in public sector construction

|Date: 9 March, 2021

Social value and encouraging a better gender balance in public sector construction

Social value is not a new term but it’s one that we can expect to hear a whole lot more as 2021 unfolds. ...

Social value is not a new term but it’s one that we can expect to hear a whole lot more as 2021 unfolds. As part of Women in Construction Week, Kevin O’Connor, Head of Social Value and Inclusion at Du ...

9 March, 2021
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Budget an important step, but greater focus on a housing-led recovery needed

|Date: 5 March, 2021

Budget an important step, but greater focus on a housing-led recovery needed

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget included details of the UK's first infrastructure bank, a mortgage guaran ...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget included details of the UK's first infrastructure bank, a mortgage guarantee scheme, a Levelling Up Fund and over £1bn for 45 new town deals, plus various other measure ...

5 March, 2021
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UKGBC launches framework for defining social value

|Date: 25 February, 2021

UKGBC launches framework for defining social value

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a Framework for Defining Social Value in the Built En ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a Framework for Defining Social Value in the Built Environment, designed to help built environment practitioners define and deliver social value on ...

25 February, 2021
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Interactive map shows local authorities leading the way on home retrofit

|Date: 24 November, 2020

Interactive map shows local authorities leading the way on home retrofit

As part of the Accelerator Cities programme funded by EIT Climate-KIC, the UK Green Building Council (UKG ...

As part of the Accelerator Cities programme funded by EIT Climate-KIC, the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched an interactive map designed to showcase leading local authority policies and p ...

24 November, 2020
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UKGBC releases circular economy implementation packs for reuse and PaaS

|Date: 16 April, 2020

UKGBC releases circular economy implementation packs for reuse and PaaS

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published two new Implementation Packs to support project teams ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published two new Implementation Packs to support project teams in applying circular principles in relation to reuse and Products as a Service (PaaS). The imp ...

16 April, 2020
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UKGBC publishes guidance on acoustics for local authorities

|Date: 18 March, 2020

UKGBC publishes guidance on acoustics for local authorities

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published guidance to help local authorities go above and beyon ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published guidance to help local authorities go above and beyond Building Regulations, in specifying higher acoustic standards in new-build homes. The guidanc ...

18 March, 2020
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Council leaders and Mayors call for freedom on zero carbon homes targets

|Date: 5 March, 2020

Council leaders and Mayors call for freedom on zero carbon homes targets

Council leaders and Mayors from different political parties are calling on Government to abandon proposed ...

Council leaders and Mayors from different political parties are calling on Government to abandon proposed restrictions on their ability to cut carbon emissions from housebuilding. In an open letter to ...

5 March, 2020
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