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Activists take government to court for ‘watering down’ net-zero garden village
A group of activists is taking the government to court for ‘watering down’ a council’s net zero ambitions for a proposed garden village in Oxfordshire
Climate change
News and resources for architects on how the built environment is impacted by the climate emergency
Grosvenor’s Andy Haigh: ‘There’s very little carbon literacy in early design decisions’
Ahead of a RetroFirst-themed panel debate at the Ecocity World Summit this week, Grosvenor's director of climate positive solutions Andy Haigh discusses his work and the role of architecture
Tempe resilience hub, Phoenix
The AIA Phoenix Metro Chapter has launched an ideas contest for a new climate change resilience hub in Tempe [Deadline: 1 July 2023]
What forward-thinking architects are looking forward to is a circular future
We need to find the joy in using reclaimed materials, writes Emily Booth
Architects are protesting, but is anyone listening?
Last month, built-environment professionals from across the country took to the streets, demanding urgent government action on carbon emissions. They were met with near-silence. So were the protests pointless?
Retrofit-first approach to be debated at Barbican summit
Retrofit and the AJ’s RetroFirst campaign will be discussed at the Ecocity World Summit, taking place at London’s Barbican next month
Get up to speed on embodied carbon now, say leading developers
Grosvenor, Lendlease, Stanhope, L&G, Mace, British Land, SEGRO, Berkeley and Igloo are demanding architects get to grips with construction’s carbon emissions
Reporting Scope 3 can help your business as well as the planet
Seizing ownership of carbon literacy – and carbon reduction – is a glorious business opportunity for architects, says Hattie Hartman
We are about to break the 1.5°C limit, but could we get energy from this untapped source?
Energy-hungry data centres already match the aviation industry in terms of their contribution to global warming. Could they be adapted to heat other buildings as standard, wonders Kunle Barker
Government ‘saves taxpayer £122 million’ by cutting energy use in its buildings
The government says it has saved the taxpayer £122 million over a one-year period by cutting energy use in its buildings.