The PW/UKGBC Climate Crisis perceptions Survey
The PW/UKGBC Climate Crisis Perceptions Survey
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Government inaction on retrofitting will cost £62bn, housebuilder says
The government’s inaction on retrofitting will cost homeowners £62bn, according to analysis by modular housebuilder ilke Homes.
Impact Smart Homes files plans for Sevenoaks smart neighbourhood
Impact Smart Homes, part of the Impact Capital Group, has submitted a planning application to Sevenoaks District Council to build a smart home neighbourhood.
Cundall appoints former UKGBC net zero lead
Multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Cundall has appointed Richard Twinn to its UK sustainability team.
Tritax launches first sterling green bond from a UK REIT
Tritax Big Box REIT has priced £250m of unsecured green bonds under the company’s £1.5bn euro medium term note programme.
Propertyshe Perspectives: Guidance for office workers needed, new lease of life for Whiteleys, kick in the teeth for rural broadband, real estate’s carbon footprint, global connectivity
This week we are trying to come to terms with the end of lockdown and the introduction of the new tiers set out in the Government’s Covid-19 Winter Plan. What seems to be missing is further guidance on when office workers can get back to the office.
Time to fight for a better world
At the height of the Covid pandemic in the spring, wonderful images were shared of clear skies in cities like Mumbai, Shanghai and Los Angeles, as lockdowns improved air quality. They showed what is possible.
We need a single carbon plan
I am sure I am not the only person heartened by the inclusion in the prime minister’s post-Cummings ‘reset’ agenda of a renewed emphasis on green matters.
The net-zero ambition loop
Yesterday marked the closing of the Race to Zero November Dialogues (9-19 November 2020), an online event convened in lieu of the postponed UN Climate Change Conference (COP26).
Spinning beach ball Babylon
On a breezy spring day in 2013, I gazed out upon a giant beach ball, tethered to the roof of a building adjacent to Old Street roundabout, north of the Square Mile.
