The Wild West End initiative, a partnership between London property owners to promote ecology, is beginning to bear fruit with the launch of The Crown Estate’s latest Regent Street office scheme, 7 Air Street. Broadcaster Jon Snow was on hand to put... Read More
LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) is an environmentally friendly (green) certification programme that was developed by the US Green Building Council to recognise the best strategies and practices in different building classes. In... Read More
The majority of commercial property companies are failing to integrate environmental and social issues into their businesses and reach even the lowest sustainability benchmarks, according to a new survey. Although the report, commissioned by The... Read More
Newcastle University has unveiled is vision of urban sustainability by committing £50m to making the city a “living laboratory” of future technologies. The pioneering plan, which could take two decades to complete, involves building a Science City... Read More
Melbourne has been ranked as a top Global University City, as well as a top Global Innovation City. Last month, it was placed first in the Economist Unit's Liveability Report for the third year in a row. The city has taken a very active stand on... Read More
With the economic worries of the country no longer an immediate threat to businesses, pre-recession aims such as cutting carbon emissions and improving the energy efficiency of commercial properties are once more coming into the spotlight. New technologies... Read More
The University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich is making preparations to break ground on the Norwich Research Park Enterprise Centre. The new facility will be an academic and office facility that has the potential to be the "greenest commercial building in... Read More
Since 2010 new regulations have required a 25 per cent reduction in carbon emissions from new buildings in the UK. These rules are set to tighten further with the government targeting zero carbon emissions for residential new-builds by 2016 and 2019 in the... Read More
