The way nutrient loads are calculated must be changed if we want to end the current hiatus in housebuilding, writes Stephen Wielebski.

As part of Britain’s net zero strategy, frameworks will deliver much of the country’s massive retrofit programme, but how do you access this work if you are an SME? Jennifer Castle, chief operating officer at LHC Procurement Group, explains the process.

The traditional ‘recipe’ for making concrete in the UK has undergone its biggest revision since the 1980s, to help reduce the carbon impact of construction.

A company has produced its first carbon-neutral brick prototype following 18 months of research.

Ninety percent of Mace’s clients believe that construction’s progress on decarbonisation hasn’t improved from previous years.

Time is running out and we must commit to decisive action on decarbonising buildings at COP28, writes Amanda Williams.

As he nears the end of a long career in UK defence, Peter Egan believes the sector can be a leading client for sustainable best practice in the built environment.

The construction industry needs to accelerate training of heat pump installers if it is to keep carbon reduction on schedule for hitting the net zero target by 2050.

Mace will be refurbishing a building in the City of London with the aim of minimising its embodied carbon through the recycling and repurposing of materials and the removal of fossil fuels.

How do you enhance the environmental credentials of a stately home that dates back more than three centuries?

The Chartered Institute of Building has published a new sustainability guide for built environment professionals.

The government has postponed the planned introduction of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirement for new building projects.

The construction industry has reacted with disappointment and confusion to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement that the government will delay implementation of many net zero policies.

The built environment’s sector progress on climate change has come to a standstill, Paul Morrell has said in an interview with Cohesive’s chief value officer David Philp at this year Digital Construction Summit.

CIOB has appointed Amanda Williams to the new role of head of environmental sustainability.

Researchers from the RMIT in Australia have developed a method to make concrete 30% stronger with recycled coffee grounds.

Scientists have argued that a ULEZ for buildings – as well as vehicles – is necessary to reduce air pollution. Hugh Franklin examines how such a scheme would work in practice.

The recent ruling on the future of M&S Oxford Street store highlights the increasing scrutiny being placed on the embodied carbon associated with re-development, write Nicholle Kingsley and Siobhan Cross.