Mat Malcolm, senior design co-ordinator at Willmott Dixon Interiors, explains how he is preparing for a net zero future.

A festive vegan gingerbread house complete with ‘sustainable’ technologies such as a gingerbread heat pump and solar panels has been created to highlight sustainable retrofitting measures that homeowners can undertake.

Collaboration is key as construction’s efforts to tackle carbon emissions and embrace circularity gather pace. That’s according to prominent figures from across the supply chain, including two tier-one contractors, construction technology group Hilti and hire firm Speedy in a recent round table discussion

Retrofitting an existing masonry cavity walled building with a green or living wall can reduce the amount of heat lost through its structure by more than 30%, according to new research.

Camping out in central London or gluing yourself to the M25 is not the only way to save the planet. Ahead of cop26, Kristina Smith meets construction’s own climate change warriors to find out about their roles in reducing carbon emissions.

Housebuilder Barratt has built a zero-carbon ‘house of the future’ that will be occupied and monitored by academics before the results are shared with the industry.

Balfour Beatty has taken a £375m loan which comes with conditions over how well it performs on a range of sustainability measures.

Willmott Dixon will plant 10,000 trees a year over the next decade and has already identified sites around the country where it will begin the initiative.

Researchers at the University of Bath are investigating how bacteria could be used to create a new type of environmentally friendly plasterboard.

Business and construction groups have mounted a new lobbying campaign this week to wrestle £4bn funding from government to tackle energy efficiency in the UK’s ‘leaky homes’.

Project teams are counting the carbon footprint of materials too late. Engaging with suppliers at the early stages of the design process to consider the implications of material selection makes much more sense, says Emma Hines.

Prisoners at a Lancashire institution have become the first to build eco-friendly lights in-house, which will be used to cut energy use across prisons.

A group of major housebuilders has committed to a new sector-wide delivery plan to meet climate, nature and wider environmental targets set by government.

Electric, hydrogen, vegetable oil – or will diesel still have a role to play? CM looks at how construction plant will be powered over the coming years

Making heritage sustainable should be the new normal. Why aren’t we there yet, asks Grace Herring of Sir Robert McAlpine Special Projects

Structure Tone’s Ryan Healey takes part in south London alternative deliveries trial

The UN Climate Change Conference later this year will scrutinise the built environment’s sustainability credentials like never before.

A new innovation network is linking firms with sustainable technology products.