Achieving sustainability targets on major commercial developments
We are often approached now by clients who have ambitious long-term sustainability and net zero targets. The end numbers for major commercial developments are calculated long before the site is acquired, and the ground is broken.
The impact of developing infrastructure on sustainability goals
One of the challenges in reaching sustainability goals alongside cost is the infrastructure needed to support measures. It is not enough to develop innovative ways to harness green energy, the UK needs to change supply lines and develop battery storage to ensure that energy can be distributed and stored.
The Net Zero Roadmap for Existing Buildings
Meeting regulations and guidance around carbon emissions is a far simpler undertaking with new building projects because everything can be measured from the embodied carbon during construction to projections on operational carbon. When we look at the built environment and retrospective measures, however,