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What does the UK’s sustainable office of the future look like?

What does the UK’s sustainable office of the future look like?

Many of the UK's biggest businesses are planning to downsize their office estates this year, while outlining plans to continue remote working post-lockdown. But are environmental considerations a driver, as well as Covid-19? And will the office of the future be truly sustainable?

Hungary’s coal exit and London’s first ‘tiny forest’: The Sustainability Success Stories of the week

What makes a sustainability leader? Inside Ikea’s Greenwich store

London can lead the UK’s net-zero ambition as a world beating sustainable city

World’s largest hydrogen plant and UK’s Gigafactory: The sustainability success stories of the week

JLL: Green offices more likely to bring in rent premium, less likely to sit empty

Sir Robert McAlpine targets net-zero emissions by 2024

Meet the sustainability leader: Energy Efficiency – Ibstock Brick

Sydney’s renewables aim and Ikea’s ‘Outstanding’ store: The sustainability success stories of the week

Ikea’s new Greenwich store receives highest BREEAM sustainability rating

Meet the Sustainability Leader: Sustainable Building of the Year – UBS

With the entry deadline for edie's revamped 2019 Sustainability Leaders Awards extended until 21 September, this feature series will showcase the achievements of the 2018 winners, revealing their secrets to success. Up next: our 2018 Sustainability Building of the Year winners: UBS.

Cambridge’s ‘unprecented’ new district promotes best practice for sustainable development

The University of Cambridge's desire to retain staff has led to the creation of a £1bn sustainable community equipped with some of the UK's largest and most innovative sustainability features. edie speaks to project manager Heather Topel to find out if sustainability is a new selling point for residents.

HS2 awarded UK’s first BREEAM infrastructure certificate

HS2 has become the UK's first infrastructure project to be awarded a BREEAM Infrastructure Scheme Certificate for its sustainability on Phase 1 of the project.

In practice: AccorHotels’ new project targeting BREEAM excellent certification

Ahead of edie's flagship Sustainability Leaders Awards in January, edie is taking a closer look at some of the projects initiatives that have been deemed worthy of a finalist position by our expert judges. Up next: AccorHotels' new London hotel.

Health and wellbeing: the next frontier for the built environment

In practice: Landsec’s BREEAM Outstanding headquarters designed to WELL standards

As more companies look to create the right work environments for staff wellbeing, Landsec created the UK's largest fully WELL Certified space for staff health, which also achieved a BREEAM Outstanding rating.

In practice: Bloomberg designs world’s highest BREEAM-rated office building

Bloomberg's new European headquarters in London has achieved the highest BREEAM design-stage score by a major office development, making it one of the world's most sustainable office building.

In practice: Grosvenor’s highly sustainable redevelopment of a heritage building

Grosvenor Britain & Ireland's building project at 119 Ebury Street, Belgravia, is the UK's first listed building to achieve BREEAM 'Outstanding', utilising a range of low-carbon technologies that significantly reduce the site's environmental footprint.

LEED and BREEAM can generate ‘stories of leadership’ for businesses, says USGBC

EXCLUSIVE: The ongoing expansion of LEED certification opportunities in Europe can enable businesses to become leaders in the built environment, by obtaining duel, third-party certifications that highlight the business case for green buildings.

Nottingham University’s carbon-neutral laboratory receives highest green building accolades

A carbon-neutral laboratory built from natural materials by infrastructure services firm AECOM has become one of the first buildings globally to achieve the highest certifications under BREEAM and LEED standards systems for green buildings.
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