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Climate change
News and resources for architects on how the built environment is impacted by the climate emergency
Crunching the carbon cost numbers: five software tools for architects
As engineers Elliott Wood and the Institution of Structural Engineers launch their Structural Carbon Tool, Fran Williams takes a look at it and four other popular carbon-counting tools available to the profession, plus a couple from abroad
When it comes to office fit-outs, the circular economy is a no-brainer
Paul Jaffe of British Land explains how, working with Nex Architecture at 338 Euston Road, it was able to slash carbon emissions by re-using existing equipment and furniture
Government scraps £2 billion Green Homes Grant scheme
The government has axed its problem-riddled flagship £2 billion retrofit programme
Retrofit is key to decarbonising the £500bn public estate
The government’s chief property officer and AJ Summit speaker Janet Young explains the net zero strategy for its enormous property portfolio
Modernism is ‘really sexy, but problematic’, AJ Summit hears
Modern architecture is ‘really, really sexy’ but fundamentally based on carbon-intensive construction and operation, according to a leading speaker at last week’s AJ Summit
RetroFirst: Parliamentary inquiry into whole life carbon launched
The challenge of slashing construction’s enormous carbon footprint will be examined by MPs in a significant win for the AJ RetroFirst campaign
Watch again: Over 20 sessions from the AJ Summit free to view
All 22 sessions held during this week’s AJ Summit can now be viewed again for free
Government is failing on domestic retrofit. So what can architects do?
In the push towards net zero, successive governments seem to have overlooked a major factor: the 20 per cent of the nation’s carbon footprint accounted for by homes, writes Josh Fenton
Climate action thwarted by housing targets and viability, says RTPI
Local authorities are failing to live up to their declarations on the climate emergency because of an ‘overwhelming focus’ on housing numbers and viability, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has said in a new report