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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
🏢 Keeping people safe starts with how we design, build and adapt. Homes, workplaces, and public buildings must be understood as the first line of protection in a changing climate. 🖱️Download the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap to learn how we can transform the built environment: tinyurl.com/3k35jkm6
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
👐 Thank you to everyone who joined us for a fantastic evening celebrating the launch of the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap. 🚨 This Roadmap is not a report, it's an an urgent call to action for the built environment. The time to act is now. 🖱️Download, read, engage with us: tinyurl.com/3k35jkm6
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
♨️ Did you know that more than 55% of UK homes are already at risk of overheating? 💻 Following our UK Climate Resilience Roadmap, this webinar will help built environment professionals understand some of the innovative solutions available to reduce overheating. 🖱️Register here: tinyurl.com/25uavmxe
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🎉We've officially launched the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap. This is not just a report; it’s a tool for bringing awareness and enabling action. The time to act is now. Learn how: download, read, engage with us. 🖱️Download it here: tinyurl.com/3422vaju
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
📣We're thrilled to announce that Miatta Fahnbulleh, Emma Howard Boyd CBE, and Dr. Eleni Myrivili will be speaking at the launch of the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap on June 26th. 💻Join us for the official launch of the Roadmap by signing up for the event livestream here: tinyurl.com/mrxje6pc
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
📣UKGBC responds to the Government's 2025 Comprehensive Spending Review. Today, Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled her line by line spending review, setting out the budgets of government departments until 2030. 🖱️Read Simon's full response here: tinyurl.com/kym4ckfb
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
⏳Have you responded to our Framework Definition for a Nature Positive Built Environment consultation? 🌿This consultation seeks input from individuals across the sector to ensure that the built environment can take robust steps toward a nature positive future. 🖱️Respond here: tinyurl.com/538bv6za
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
🏗️How can sustainable construction practices help the UK meet Sustainable Development Goals? Sustainability in construction is crucial to achieving many of these goals, such as lowering emissions, protecting nature, and enhancing human health and wellbeing. 📚Read more here: tinyurl.com/bddwv2t6
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Sustainable Construction for the Sustainable Development Goals | UKGBC
Understand the role sustainable construction can play in meeting a number of the sustainable development goals.
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🌍UKGBC welcomes the Climate Change Committee's guidance to the Scottish Government on setting carbon budget levels to 2045. ⚡The CCC’s recommendations highlight the urgent need to scale up climate action across all sectors – including the built environment – to stay on track for #NetZero.
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
📣Announcing our new Scaling Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment initiative! 💡 This initiative aims to accelerate the uptake of innovative sustainable solutions through targeted matchmaking, research into barriers to scaling, and knowledge sharing. Learn more here: tinyurl.com/5a9cmpdc
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
📣We are seeking your feedback on our Framework Definition for a Nature-Positive Built Environment! 🌲We’re working to provide the clarity, tools, and guidance needed to ensure the built environment can take meaningful steps toward nature positivity—starting now. Respond here: tinyurl.com/538bv6za
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
💭How does workforce competence in the energy and retrofit sector affect non-compliance? 📝In our latest blog, Mat Ilic, CEO of Greenworkx, stresses the need for a new workforce strategy that centres both competence and qualifications. Read Mat's blog here: tinyurl.com/y2b78h86
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Fixing the Competency Gap: Moving Beyond Qualifications in Retrofit
Mat Ilic, CEO of Greenworkx, explores the crucial role of addressing workforce competency in the built environment retrofit sector.
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
📣 UKGBC responds to the government's consultation on raising minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) for privately rented homes. Tackling fuel poverty and decarbonising our homes must include upgrades within the privately rented sector (PRS). 🖱️Read our full response: tinyurl.com/4fxjw6er
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Consultation Response: Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Rented Homes
UKGBC has responded to the Government's consultation on minimum energy efficiency standards for privately rented homes.
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
📣UKGBC responds to the Climate Change Committee's latest report on adaption. According to the CCC’s latest report, the UK government is failing to make “good” progress in adapting the UK to climate change. 🖱️Read our Deputy CEO Simon McWhirter's full response here: tinyurl.com/yvsjxset
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
📣 UKGBC responds to DEFRA's consultation on land use. The Labour government's consultation on the Land Use Framework aims to set up a strategic approach to land use in England. 🖱️ Read UKGBC's response to the consultation here: ukgbc.org/news/ukgbc-r...
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UKGBC responds to DEFRA's land use consultation | UKGBC
Read UKGBC's response to DEFRA's latest consultation on the Land Use Framework.
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
📣Our built environment must prepare and respond to a changing climate. 🛣️As part of our UK Climate Resilience Roadmap, we sought to create a vision of what a climate resilient built environment could be and the key actions that will get us there. 🖱️Learn more about the Roadmap: tinyurl.com/3k35jkm6
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
💭How can we create flood-resilient cities? ⛈ 1 in 4 homes in the UK will be at risk of flooding by 2050. Our new blog outlines key actions that organisations can take to make sure that our cities are resilient to an increasingly volatile climate. 🖱️Read it here: tinyurl.com/3e6aeddx
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How do you create a Flood Resilient City?   | UKGBC
Learn how our cities can become safe from flooding, and what actions local organisations can take now to create a flood resilient city.
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
📣UKGBC responds to the government's Spring Budget 2025. Today, Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out her plans for the UK economy during her Spring Statement. 🖱Read Simon's full response here: tinyurl.com/3r2cb2av
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🏡How can we build a resilient, sustainable retrofit ecosystem for all? In our latest blog, @Helen Burridge, manager of the Hertfordshire Climate Change and Sustainability Partnership, discusses her experience with UKGBC's Local Authority Retrofit Accelerator. 📚Read it here: tinyurl.com/yc82wjfk
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Accelerating Local Retrofit: The Power of Collaboration | UKGBC
Helen Burridge explores the role of UKGBC's Local Area Retrofit Accelerator (LARA) in helping Hertfordshire authorities to progress retrofit measures.
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Rights Community Action @rightscommaction.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
'The planning system is a vital tool in tackling the climate crisis. It's crucial to every decision made. With @friends-earth.bsky.social @ukgbc.bsky.social‬ @thetcpa.bsky.social & @hello-cse.bsky.social we sent this to MPs for the 2nd Reading of #PlanningAndInfrastructureBill shorturl.at/2UC2l
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Planning & Infrastructure Bill: 2nd Reading — Rights Community Action
Rights Community Action , UK Green Building Council , Friends of the Earth , the Town and Country Planning Association and the Centre for Sustainable Energy sent the following letter to all MPs…
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
💭Did you know that many solutions exist which can facilitate site selection for Biodiversity Net Gain targets? We've highlighted tools that provide an easy and fast way to assess sites and produce baseline Biodiversity Unit value. 🌿Learn more about these tools here: tinyurl.com/2dvhk45p
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
📣UKGBC responds to GB Energy's project to install solar panels on schools and hospitals across the UK. 💡This £180m investment will not only protect schools and hospitals from soaring energy bills, but it'll also free up cash for reinvestment into crucial frontline services. See our response below:
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
📣Calling Local Authority officers! 🗓On the 24th of March, we will be holding a Local Authority Retrofit Forum to discuss the lessons learnt so far from the Local Authority Retrofit Accelerator (LARA) pilot. 🖱For more information and to register, please go to: tinyurl.com/memh96wy
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
📣UKGBC responds to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch's speech on the UK's 2050 net zero target. Our Deputy CEO, Simon McWhirter, responded to Badenoch's claim that reaching net zero by 2050 is "impossible." 💭What do you make of her claim? 🖱Read Simon's full response here: tinyurl.com/me85nz84
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
💭What do we mean when we talk about climate adaptation in the built environment? ⛈️Climate adaptation refers to the actions that cope with current and anticipated climate change effects. Learn more about our upcoming UK Climate Resilience Roadmap: ukgbc.org/our-work/top...
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
#Futurebuild 2025 is in full swing! 🤝Come by and learn more about UKGBC's work and our network! As part of the 3-day event, we are participating in main stage events, panel discussions, as well as hosting a materials workshop. 🗓Explore our full activity calendar here: tinyurl.com/587pw3a6
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🏗️Are you attending #FutureBuild? 🤝Come meet the UKGBC team at our stand and learn more about our work! Explore our panels and talks this year: tinyurl.com/587pw3a6
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
📣UKGBC responds to the Climate Change Committee's Seventh Carbon Budget. 🖱️Read Smith's full response here: ukgbc.org/news/ukgbc-r...
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
💼Want to be part of the UKGBC team? We have a number of exciting opportunities available across our teams. Join us and be part of our mission to radically improve the sustainability of the built environment. 📝Learn more and apply here: tinyurl.com/2d7bdtnj
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
💭What are environmental product declarations (EPDs) and how do they relate to materials passports? In our new blog, Andrew Cowan of One Click LCA explores how EPDs are crucial in facilitating the adoption of materials passports across the built environment. 🧱Read more here: tinyurl.com/353x6ba3
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EPDs and Materials Passports in Circular Construction | UKGBC
Andrew Cowan, from One Click LCA, explores the crucial role of materials passports and EPDs in promoting circular construction.
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
💭What are operational carbon emissions and how can we reduce them? 🏢Operational carbon is the carbon emitted through the day-to-day activities of a building. As of 2018, 71% of the UK built environment’s carbon footprint came from its operational emissions. Learn more: tinyurl.com/3bsf42mm
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What is Operational Carbon in buildings?   | UKGBC
Learn about operational carbon emissions, what causes them in the built environment, and how we can reduce them.
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
📣UKGBC responds to the Government's proposal for minimum energy performance standards.⚡ The Government announced its Plan for Change, which is proposing to raise the minimum energy efficiency standard in privately rented homes to EPC C by 2030. 🖱Read Jo's full response here: tinyurl.com/2tma5ty6
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
📣Introducing our Materials Passports guides! ♻️Materials passports are an innovative digital tool that can help reduce emissions, minimise waste, and encourage reuse and circularity across the built environment. 🖱️Download our guides to learn more about how to use them here: tinyurl.com/y4fuetj5
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
📣UKGBC responds to President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. Trump's first days in office were marked by a series of climate policy rollbacks that threaten international co-operation around climate change. 🖱Read Smith's full response here: tinyurl.com/2c2nfhd3
UKGBC's CEO, Smith Mordak, responds to Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. They said, quote, Not only is this a blow to international co-operation around our civilization's greatest collective challenge, but a preposterous betrayal of his own citizens currently suffering the terrifying wildfires in California, unquote
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
📣 What are the key trends in sustainable solutions for the built environment? From reuse hubs to community co-design, this report highlights over 125 solutions across 14 key trending themes. Take a look: ukgbc.org/trends-in-so...
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
🎉We are delighted to introduce our newest trustees! Our trustees are crucial in helping formulate and direct the strategy of UKGBC, playing a key part in our work and mission. 👏We are lucky to have Eva and Miles joining our Board and look forward to having them help steer UKGBC's workstreams!
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
📣In 2021, UKGBC launched the Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap: a clear trajectory for industry and government to work towards a net zero future. Three years later, we are checking in on industry progress against the Roadmap. 📚Read more here: tinyurl.com/bdjx285a
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🏠Eight million properties in England (one in four) will be at risk of flooding by 2050, according to the Environment Agency. Creating a pathway for climate resilience is crucial in ensuring that communities, homes, and infrastructure are prepared for hazards. Learn more: ukgbc.org/our-work/top...
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One in four properties may be at risk of flooding by 2050 - report
Climate change could increase flood threats without improvements to defences, the Environment Agency warns.
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
📣UKGBC responds to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) announcement. Whilst they have updated the text to make it clear that climate change is important in both decision-making and plan-making, this still doesn’t go far enough. 🖱Read our full response here: tinyurl.com/4vf9frmn #NPPF
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🌱 Are you new to sustainability in the Built Environment? 📚 Find out more about how we can improve the sustainability of the built environment, understand its importance in fighting the climate and ecological emergency, and the role you can play in influencing change. youtu.be/cx-0GmePb3w
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Introduction to sustainability on-demand course
YouTube video by The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC)
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
🚨The UK critically lacks adequate targets for resilience standards at a national, local or sectoral level. UKGBC now aims to address this gap by catalysing more urgent, comprehensive, and cohesive action on climate resilience throughout our industry and beyond. 🖱️Learn more: tinyurl.com/ms2knhrf
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
🏗️Did you know that 50% of global resource extraction is due to the built environment? In our new blog, our Head of Nature, Kai Liebetanz, discusses how assessing our impacts on nature means getting familiar with the concept of embodied ecological impacts. 📚Read it here: tinyurl.com/4fucy44v
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What's next for Embodied Ecological Impacts? | UKGBC
This blog explores the role of Embodied Ecological Impacts (EEI) in enabling nature-positive action within the built environment.
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
⛈These past few weeks, communities across the UK felt the devastating impact of extreme weather. The built environment must act now to adapt to, protect people from, and build resilience to these increasingly volatile hazards 🛣️Learn more about our Climate Resilience Roadmap: tinyurl.com/ms2knhrf
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UK 'not ready' for extreme weather, says climate change head
The head of the Climate Change Committee calls on the government to invest in adaptations now.
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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
💭What does a climate resilient built environment look like to you? At UKGBC, we want to empower, support, and guide industry to take the steps needed to build resilience and be prepared for a changing climate. 🛣️Discover our UK Climate Resilience Roadmap and get involved here: tinyurl.com/ms2knhrf
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