News and resources for architects on how the built environment is impacted by the climate emergency
White Arkitekter’s head of sustainability UK Anna Lisa McSweeney and sustainability specialist Shreya Aneja speak to the AJ about the pros and cons of recycling in a fit-out
The ideological retreat on net zero is visible in the government’s weak proposals for the forthcoming Future Homes Standard, writes Sue Riddlestone
As flooding becomes more frequent and more severe in the UK, it is crucial that architects consider the risks – and the solutions, writes Baca Architects’ Richard Coutts
RIBA president Muyiwa Oki has said architects can play a ‘key role’ in reducing carbon emissions following the conclusion of COP 28 last week
Architecture which fully answers the challenge of the climate crisis is starting to become a duty, not an achievement worthy of applause, argues Kunle Barker
Symmetrys associate director Ashwin Halaria looks at how to harness civil engineering to protect, preserve and promote nature
The government is set to announce a timber-house-building roadmap to push for lower embodied carbon in the construction of England’s homes
A climate tech start-up has teamed up with Carmody Groarke after developing a ‘carbon-neutral’ brick prototype, which it says looks and feels like a conventional brick
Concrete’s environmental credentials are pretty terrible but there are far more effective ways of reducing a building’s embodied carbon emissions than using ground granulated blast-furnace slag, argues Anna Beckett
Architect Richard Hawkes questions whether Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) have improved how new homes are designed
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