Tag: UKGBC

The Whole Life Carbon (WLC) Framework aims to support low-carbon decision-making across a building’s life cycle, while also helping to guide projects toward net-zero aligned outcomes.  The free resource outlines practical approaches and options to minimising whole life carbon- the sum of all greenhouse gas emissions associated with a building, from material extraction and construction, through its use, to demolition and disposal – from early design through to operation and end-of-life.  It also promotes clearer accountability, improved whole life carbon assessment and disclosure across projects and portfolios. Building on the Net Zero Carbon Framework Definition, which was launched by UKGBC in 2019, the updated WLC…

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UKGBC has launched the Framework for a Nature Positive Built Environment, providing the sector long-needed clarity on how to translate the global ambition to halt and reverse nature loss into practical, scalable action. The launch comes at a moment of escalating urgency. The UK Government’s National Security Assessment has identified biodiversity loss and ecosystem breakdown as a national security risk, with implications for economic stability, supply chains, food security and community resilience. Against this backdrop, the role of the built environment in protecting and restoring nature is one of the…

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The UK’s most vulnerable places to overheating, flooding, and other climate risks are revealed in our major new report, the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap, which was launched on June 26th, 2025. It warns that climate change means some school can expect ‘heatwave’ like temperatures for 10 weeks a year, while flooding could make Peterborough uninhabitable this century. The UK Climate Resilience Roadmap details, for the first time, how the UK’s built environment, including homes, schools, offices, hospitals parks and infrastructure, are increasingly vulnerable to five climate hazards – overheating, flooding,…

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‘Scaling Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment’ is seeking to build on UKGBC’s existing work on solutions an innovation to accelerate the uptake of sustainable solutions in the built environment. Many solutions currently struggle with issues of “pilotisation” in the built environment, where they go through many trials, but struggle to scale across assets, projects and portfolios. In other words, they fall victim to the infamous “valley of death” (the gap between R&D and widespread deployment).   Backed by a growing network of partners and informed by UKGBC’s engagement with industry,…

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The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) welcomes industry trailblazer, Smith Mordak, into the Leadership role as it continues to drive ambitious transformation across the sector. The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Smith Mordak as the incoming Chief Executive of UKGBC.  Smith will take on the role on 1 June 2023, with a handover from Julie Hirigoyen, who will be standing down after over eight years at the helm. Over six months, the Board of Trustees conducted a rigorous and extensive search process to find the…

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