Sustainability

In spring next year, Leeds’ new district heating network is expected to come online.

Those pesky environmentalists are at it again.

For the first time since the Victorian era, at times the UK’s electricity system is running without the use of any coal – sometimes for days.

There are times when nature appears to stand in the way of much-needed housing and infrastructure development.

It’s certainly been a while since a prime minister made a speech about energy use in buildings.

The most widely used man-made material on Earth is undergoing a renaissance in the understanding of its whole-life carbon benefits.

Can recycling in construction be taken so far that materials are endlessly reused in a circular economy? The co-founders of a new start-up think so – and the government agrees with them.

This year marked 10 years since the launch of the UK Green Building Council, a milestone in the development of sustainable practice in UK construction. So how well is the industry performing on sustainability, what does it do well and – most importantly – what is still left to do?