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Solutions to the climate and ecological crises already exist, but they are often not common knowledge or widely applied. UKGBC’s Solutions Library provides a central resource to showcase solutions to shared sustainability challenges across the built environment. It intends to increase awareness of tried and tested solutions to promote their adoption and scaling across the industry. The Solutions Library features…
The UK Green Building Council’s (UKGBC’s) Case Study Library showcases built environment projects that demonstrate best practice and key learnings in one or more of the UKGBC impact areas: Climate Change Mitigation, Climate Change Adaptation, Nature, Resource Use and Health, Wellbeing & Social Value. The resource aims to foster greater understanding across the industry about the ways in which different…
This contractor has made an online net zero dairy which is available to all via their website. This is the first construction diary which honestly and openly advises about their detailed net zero journey and where the business and wider industry are on the journey. The diary aims to share best practice but also highlight areas where the industry needs…
The contractor has developed and financed a construction-specific climate emergency training course in conjunction with three other contractors in Northern Ireland, Business in the Community and Keep Scotland/Northern Ireland Beautiful. This course helped attendees to make the link between their own lives and climate change, in addition to acquiring the knowledge to lower their carbon footprint, with typical realised carbon…
This contractor has rolled out an environmental initiative on site, to allow all personnel to calculate their individual carbon footprint. A poster is available within the site compound, displaying a QR code that links users to the WWF Footprint Calculator. Those who scan the code can then complete a short questionnaire, answering relevant questions on their diet, travel and home…