Sustainability

The Sustainability topic area offers you a set of resources to help you keep up to date with the fast-changing world of green construction and sustainable development.

Sustainability articles

• Small projects and the low-carbon agenda

  The ever-tightening grip of low-carbon regulations is imposing design restrictions on all construction projects. Here, we propose the need for greater attention to detail on smaller projects and suggest how NBS and associated products may help. read more on 'Small projects and the low-carbon agenda' ...

• School report on zero carbon: not by 2016

  The Zero Carbon Task Force has concluded that the challenges are too great to achieve the government's 2016 target for zero-carbon schools. in this article, BSRIA experts analyse the impact. read more on 'School report on zero carbon: not by 2016' ...

• Biodiversity and landscape

  The world is losing biodiversity at an increasing rate due to human activity causing fragmentation of habitat and destruction of ecosystems. To coincide with the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, declared by the United Nations, a new NBS Landscape work section, Q05 - Biodiversity and environmental conservation, has been written.  read more on 'Biodiversity and landscape' ...

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