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Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Architecture competitions; Opportunities; Contracts; Julie Butterworth; Procurement and contracts; Frameworks

How has the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s office refurbishment turned out?

Region:: East

More:: Retrofit; Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership; RIBA Plan of Work; Sustainable architecture; Design construction & technology; Eleanor Young; Climate emergency; University of Cambridge

Interactions with clients are still key when it comes to successful sustainable projects

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Sustainable architecture; Sustainable; Sustainablity; Sustainable design; Sustainable building; Sustainable Britain; Neal Morris; Clients

Where does built environment take sustainability from here?

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Radmat; Sustainability; AHR; BRE; Architects' Council of Europe; Bennetts Associates; Dow Building Products; Derwent London; Twinn Sustainability Innovation; David Miller Architects; BREEAM

Natural and recycled insulation is starting to look sexy

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Sustainability; Natural insulation; Design construction & technology; Recycling; Alliance for Sustainable Building Products; Passivhaus; BREEAM

Following revelations at the Grenfell inquiry, what do architects need to know about product certification and information?

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Paul Jolly; Building Safety Bill; Legal regulatory & statutory compliance; Design construction & technology; Grenfell inquiry; Product safety; Value engineering; Product certification; Life safety

Suppliers are key to responsible design – how do you manage that?

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: TP Bennett; Procurement & contracts; Chris Webb; Design construction & technology; Sustainable architecture; Supply chain

Industry majority backs sustainable construction despite cost implications

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Research; Designing & building it; Procurement & contracts; Construction Intelligence Center

Quick fixes make immediate impact but real sustainability needs long-term thinking

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Passivhaus; Materials; Legal regulatory & statuary compliance; Sustainable architecture; 2030 Climate Challenge; Supply chain; Pawel Mildner; Climate emergency

RIBA roundtable aims to overcome clients’ barriers to sustainable outcomes

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Architects Declare; Climate emergency; Sustainable architecture; Business clients & services; Matthew Thompson; Climate action

Can developers convince consumers sustainability matters?

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Sustainability; Carbon emissions; BREEAM; BRE; Housing Forum; Home Quality Mark; NEF; Zero Carbon Hub; Home Performance Label; Housing; Where people live; National Energy Forum; Good Homes Alliance; Better Buildings Partnership; NABERS; Assured Performance Process

CPA responds to Hackitt Inquiry with code for accurate, up-to-date, accessible data

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Health safety & wellbeing; Legal regulatory & statutory compliance; Code for Construction Product Information; Construction Products Association; Grenfell fire; Grenfell inquiry; AHMM; BDP; Stephen Cousins; Building Safety Bill

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Good as new: CISL completes Entopia, its sustainable office retrofit

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Restoring confidence in product safety

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Sustainable building study: principle beats cost

Think longer to build sustainably

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Can we sustain our green ambitions?

Voluntary product code aims to prevent another Grenfell