All Net zero articles
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OpinionHeritage, sustainability, and dysfunction: the lessons of the M&S decision
The drawn-out battle over M&S’s Oxford Street site reflects systemic planning failures that must be addressed
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NewsAtkinsRéalis among consultants working on next stage of mini-nuclear reactor competition
Selected bidders to enter negotiations with Great British Nuclear
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NewsUK’s largest Passivhaus school opens its doors to pupils
Designed to meet Passivhaus standards, the Dunfermline campus offers a forward-thinking approach to education and sustainability, supporting both schools and the wider community
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NewsMeta injects cash into low carbon concrete in the US
Tech giant Meta has moved into investing in low carbon concrete production in an attempt to reduce the embodied carbon used to build its data centres. Facebook’s parent company announced the agreement with CarbonBuilt, a company that has developed a concrete product replacing high-carbon Portland with a proprietary low-cost cement ...
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NewsNearly half of firms are prepared to pay extra for low carbon sustainable steel and concrete, research finds
Research from Ramboll and Climate Group says most firms are more willing to foot the bill for sustainable products than they were a year ago
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NewsClimate and industry leaders lay out new rules to prove buildings meet net zero carbon
Organisations including RIBA, UKGBC, and RICS have joined forces to create the UK’s first cross-industry standard
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FeaturesNot just another brick in the wall: How earth bricks helped reduce the carbon footprint on a Bennetts life sciences scheme
London’s life sciences boom is driving innovative construction at Tribeca, featuring cutting-edge earth bricks that reduce carbon emissions and set a new standard for sustainable development. Thomas Lane reports
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NewsGbolade Design Studio completes its first net-zero housing project
Hermitage Mews is a series of net-zero townhouses in Crystal Palace designed to meet RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge targets
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OpinionWhy architects need to embrace the new UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard
The NZCBS proposes to limit emissions in the built environment in line with our nation’s climate targets, writes Dav Bansal
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OpinionWhere now for a net zero Scotland?
With the Scottish government in turmoil, what can industry and key stakeholders do to deliver a just transition in Scotland
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OpinionClimate change is a global crisis, but our profession can be provincial
The urgency of the climate crisis requires professional bodies to work across international borders to deliver change, writes Chris Williamson
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OpinionCOP 28: Net zero buildings by 2050? You have got to be joking!
To have any chance of achieving net zero buildings we need a sea change in approaches to design, writes Susan Roaf
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OpinionEngineering the future: Why we need a better way to measure carbon emissions today versus carbon in the future
Demolition and rebuild is often justified through predictions of carbon savings in the future, but such calculations are often misleading, writes Liam Bryant
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Building StudyHow Footprint Architects created an education centre from reclaimed beach timber
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council has built an education centre from timber groynes reclaimed from the beach. Thomas Lane looks at the project
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OpinionSunak’s net zero U-turn is about anything but the long-term
The prime minister’s insistence he can hit legally binding targets without imposing unreasonable costs on voters is a fig leaf for inaction, writes Thomas Lane
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Features‘Communicating the value of architecture’: why Muyiwa Oki wants to shift the debate on reuse
Muyiwa Oki wants to refocus the profession and architectural education on a broad reuse agenda. In the second instalment of a two-part interview with Building Design, he talks to Ben Flatman about the event he is hosting with The Prince’s Foundation and why urgent change is necessary
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OpinionThe transformative power of regenerative retrofitting
We need to move beyond aspiring to be ‘less bad’, towards creating net positive good, writes Tara Gbolade
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Building StudyHolbein Gardens: Barr Gazetas’ exemplar net zero office refurbishment
Armed with new net zero carbon targets, Grosvenor and their architect tested these out on a tired 1980s office building near Sloane Square
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OpinionWant to know about Net Zero? Take a short hard look
With time running out to avert the worst of climate change, approaches to achieving Net Zero need to change fast, writes Susan Roaf