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Why building design must catch up with climate reality
CEO of global climate tech firm IES on how the built environment can play its part in cutting carbon emissions
Amey re-enters Australian market following acquisition
Infrastructure services and engineering company Amey has re-entered the Australian market, after it acquired Brisbane-based consultancy Premise
Arup and Autodesk launch joint initiative to support carbon reduction in the built environment
Partnership aims to advance data-driven approaches to whole life carbon assessment through collaborative industry frameworks
What COP29 could mean for construction
CIOB President, Professor Mike Kagioglou, on what the recent COP29 summit means for the construction industry 
What does COP28 mean for construction?
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Amanda Williams, Head of Environmental Sustainability, CIOB on some of the main construction-related discussion points at COP 28 
McKinsey Report: construction can reduce emissions by 50% with existing tech
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Report looks at over 1,000 potential decarbonization levers for the built environment and identifies 30 of the largest opportunities
Going green: The rise of sustainability qualifications in construction
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With the number of sustainability related jobs in construction ever increasing, more and more academic courses are appearing all over the world
Can high-rise construction play a role in creating a sustainable future?
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Doug Baldock, director at Ramboll and head of the High Rise UK, discusses how flexibility and adaptability can offer high-rise buildings a future in a sustainable world
EFCA: Construction consultants push sustainability and digital agenda
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The Federation of European Engineering Consultancies, at 30, renews its commitment to represent the interests of consulting engineers
EU chief: Construction ‘key’ to sustainability
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Frans Timmermans describes ‘incredible opportunity’ for industry to support Green Deal
McKinsey gathers construction leaders for sustainability talks
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Net Zero Built Environment Council will discuss ways to reduce emissions from buildings
Machine-interpretable standards to help green transition
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Digitising content of BSI standards is said to help strengthen collaboration
The role of BIM in the built environment
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Nigel Davies, Communities Leadership Team, UK BIM Alliance looks at common misconceptions of BIM in the built environment
A vision for net-zero buildings
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Zsolt Toth of the Building Performance Institute of Europe discusses the need to measure the whole-life carbon emissions of the built environment
Circular economy expert to speak at KHL event, 7 October
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Dave Cheshire, who literally wrote the book on sustainability and the built environment, joins panel