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Race to net zero

Passivhaus pioneers revisit the standard 16 years on

2026-07-01T06:00:00+01:00By Bill Butcher and Chris Herring

Public buildings in the UK are not built for frequent heatwaves - what will it take to fix them?

2026-06-29T06:00:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

Slowing heat pump installations putting UK at risk of energy shocks, climate watchdog warns

2026-06-24T12:56:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

Tackling viability. How does the industry do better?

2026-06-09T06:00:00+01:00By Iain Parker

From promises to proof – what the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard expects

2026-06-05T15:00:00+01:00By Jeremy Douglas

Construction won’t fix productivity just by trying harder. It will fix it by building differently

2026-06-04T06:00:00+01:00By Mark Reynolds

Making Senze: How sophisticated energy monitoring can cut social housing retrofit costs by 75%

2026-06-03T06:00:00+01:00By Thomas Lane

Energy security remains one of the UK’s key priorities

2026-05-28T06:00:00+01:00By John Wilkinson

Heat network costs in an evolving environment: politics, legislation and design

2026-05-18T06:00:00+01:00Sponsored by Drees & Sommer

Infrastructure update: The influence of private finance on delivery mechanisms

2026-05-15T06:00:00+01:00By Steve James and Simon Rawlinson

Sustainability: How lifecycle costs vary by sector and scale

2026-05-14T06:00:00+01:00By Turner & Townsend Alinea

Work to revamp Unilever’s listed City headquarters gets green light

2026-05-11T09:54:00+01:00By Dave Rogers

BDP and BAM complete transformation of Digbeth’s Typhoo building as new BBC base

2026-05-01T12:26:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

From ambition to delivery: inside the inaugural Dublin Regenerative Cities Summit

2026-04-29T14:37:00+01:00In partnership with Climate Group

Retrofit firm under SFO investigation ‘completely refutes’ fraud allegations

2026-04-24T11:26:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

Three firms investigated over government retrofit jobs in £44m fraud probe

2026-04-22T12:00:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

Built Environment Systems Review sets out to transform industry performance

2026-04-22T06:00:00+01:00By Andrew Mylius

In pictures: HS2’s updated Curzon Street public realm set to be approved this week

2026-04-13T12:11:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

Government signs first technology design deal with Rolls Royce for small modular reactors

2026-04-13T11:08:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

Infrastructure update: Developing the UK’s flexible grid

2026-04-13T06:00:00+01:00By Faye Banks and Simon Rawlinson

Can the Future Homes and Buildings Standard deliver on its promise?

2026-03-26T07:00:00+00:00By Thomas Lane

New homes must be built with on-site renewable energy generation and heat pumps from 2028, government says

2026-03-24T10:56:00+00:00By Carl Brown

Costing Steelwork 35: Office frame typologies

2026-03-13T10:00:00+00:00Sponsored by Steel For Life

Systems thinking beats product thinking: Why the UK needs a flood management revolution

2026-03-12T07:00:00+00:00By Paul Curtis

Morgan Sindall appointed to carry out Crystal Palace Sports Centre overhaul

2026-03-12T06:00:00+00:00By Tom Lowe

Inside West Yorkshire’s quiet renaissance: A regional deep dive into the forces transforming its cities

2026-03-06T07:00:00+00:00By Joey Gardiner

Smart energy: why efficiency is becoming a security strategy

2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00In partnership with Climate Group

Bovis confirmed for £200m London Stock Exchange makeover

2026-03-02T11:36:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

Frontrunner emerges in race for £200m London Stock Exchange makeover

2026-02-18T10:20:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

Regenerative development: what does it mean, what does it take – and is it a better goal than net zero?

2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00Sponsored by Ridge

City gives green light to £200m London Stock Exchange makeover with winner expected shortly

2026-02-09T08:02:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

Inside Hornsey Town Hall: a brilliantly conceived and highly sensitive – if mildly eccentric – restoration

2026-02-09T07:00:00+00:00By Nick Jones

Miliband’s ambitious Warm Homes Plan arrives with the public and industry’s confidence in retrofit at a low ebb

2026-02-05T07:00:00+00:00By Daniel Gayne

‘We need more self belief’… Chris Ball of AtkinsRéalis explains how the industry can deliver the UK’s infrastructure ambitions

2026-01-30T07:00:00+00:00By Tom Lowe

Industry welcomes government’s £15bn Warm Homes Plan but warns of skills shortages

2026-01-22T00:01:00+00:00By Tom Lowe

French parent of UK consultants appoints MD for region as firm eyes ‘significant expansion’

2026-01-20T07:00:00+00:00By Tom Lowe

Building Systems Thinking: Crunch time

2026-01-16T07:00:00+00:00By Andrew Mylius

City approves Studio Moren’s plans for hotel roof extension on listed office block

2026-01-06T11:14:00+00:00By Tom Lowe

Wilson James handed Sizewell C logistics contract

2025-12-18T12:04:00+00:00By Daniel Gayne

Costing Steelwork 34: Market update and and structural steel coatings guidance

2025-12-12T13:01:00+00:00Sponsored by Steel For Life

COP30: Let’s focus on the practical wins despite the fossil fuel shortfall

2025-12-03T07:00:00+00:00By David Symons

The infrastructure opportunity we’re overlooking: Smarter asset use

2025-12-02T06:29:00+00:00By Holly Davis

Controversial £750m Marlow Film Studios scheme gets green light from government

2025-11-26T12:13:00+00:00By Tom Lowe

Government picks Heathrow’s £49bn third runway plan over cheaper rival option

2025-11-25T12:20:00+00:00By Tom Lowe

Nuclear taskforce says regulatory reform needed to cut cost of building plants

2025-11-24T11:18:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

We need concrete solutions to save the UK cement industry. The chancellor can start the process

2025-11-20T06:49:00+00:00By Elizabeth Gilligan

East West Rail unveils more than 80 design changes in new £7bn routemap

2025-11-19T07:00:00+00:00By Tom Lowe

How do we integrate sustainability into the built environment and make it pay?

2025-11-17T06:00:00+00:00Sponsored by Gleeds

Retrofitting Our Reality: a new film-first podcast celebrating positive change in the built environment

2025-11-11T13:53:00+00:00Sponsored by Artus Air

Three in race for deal to give London Stock Exchange £200m makeover

2025-11-07T07:01:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

Infrastructure update: Strategies to boost resilience in face of climate change

2025-11-04T06:00:00+00:00By Simon Rawlinson

Bovis and Wates among 10 firms to land places on £1.5bn Parliament maintenance deal

2025-10-23T10:22:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

University challenge: how estate teams are investing and innovating despite financial pressures

2025-10-20T06:00:00+01:00By Mike Borkowski

FMB renews calls for mandatory licensing scheme in wake of shock NAO report on retrofit scheme failures

2025-10-15T11:07:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

Almost all homes fitted with external insulation under Conservative governments’ retrofit schemes need repair work, report finds

2025-10-14T10:29:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

Plans submitted to refurbish and expand London Stock Exchange

2025-10-07T11:17:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

Building publishes key report into new infrastructure funding

2025-10-02T08:11:00+01:00

Mace consortium handed $665m extension to PM role on $16bn New York tunnel job

2025-10-01T10:02:00+01:00By Dave Rogers

Northern Powerhouse Rail reportedly pushed back again as government insists line will go ahead

2025-09-25T10:44:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

Climate leaders push ahead despite Trump’s ‘green scam’ claims

2025-09-24T14:51:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall and Chloë McCulloch