Forum | Get Involved | UKGBC /get-involved-type/forum/ The voice of our sustainable built environment Wed, 06 May 2026 15:46:38 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-UKGBC-favicon-1.png Forum | Get Involved | UKGBC /get-involved-type/forum/ 32 32 Climate Resilience and Adaptation /get-involved/climate-resilience-and-adaptation-forum/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:34:54 +0000 /?post_type=get-involved&p=69703 The Climate Resilience and Adaptation Forum brings together industry professionals who are actively working on the adaptation of built assets.

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This forum will explore themes around climate resilience and adaptation to cope with climate hazards. Building on work from the climate resilience roadmap this forum will provide members with the opportunity for peer-learning on ways to adapt built assets to cope with climate hazards and increase their climate resilience. Key themes will be on nature, supply chain engagement, insurance and value.

The first session will shape the programme for the remaining five sessions, identifying priority topics to explore in depth and giving members the opportunity to become a chair for the upcoming ones.

The forum will start 19th June and run every 6 weeks, finishing next spring. By signing up to this first session, members will be enrolling for the whole duration of the forum.

We will host three special sessions on financial value, supply chain engagement and nature. Other members will be able to join these sessions as one-offs, depending on which topic is most interesting to them. Specific dates will be announced soon.

Who Should Apply?

The UKGBC Climate Resilience and Adaptation Forum is open to individuals from UKGBC member organisations who have demonstrable knowledge or practical experience in climate resilience and adaptation. Participants are expected to actively contribute to discussions by sharing insights, challenges and best practices, while also representing their organisation’s work and perspective on the topic.

This forum will be particularly appealing to Building Developers, Building Owners, Building Systems Engineers (M+E), Architects, Occupiers, Asset Managers, Building Surveyors, Insurers and Project Managers.

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]]> Resource Use Forum /get-involved/resource-use-forum/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:26:03 +0000 /?post_type=get-involved&p=69699 The Resource Use Forum brings together industry professionals who are actively working on the implementation of circularity and material use to share learnings, find solutions, and make practical progress in implementing circular economy principles on live project.

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The Resource Use forum will explore circularity and material reuse, allowing members a space to share experiences of this and discuss ways to enable more circular construction projects. The forum session will look at core themes around supply chain, value, risk, and innovative approaches.

The first session will shape the programme for the remaining five sessions, identifying priority topics to explore in depth and giving members the opportunity to become a chair for the upcoming ones.

The forum will start 1st June and run every 6 weeks, finishing next spring. By signing up to this first session, members will be enrolling for the whole duration of the forum.

We will host three special sessions on financial value, supply chain engagement and nature. Other members will be able to join these sessions as one-offs, depending on which topic is most interesting to them. Specific dates will be announced soon.

Who Should Sign Up?

The UKGBC Resource Use Forum is open to individuals from UKGBC member organisations who have demonstrable knowledge or practical experience in resource use and circular economy principles. Participants are expected to actively contribute to discussions by sharing insights, challenges, and best practices, while also representing their organisation’s work and perspective on the topic.

This forum is open to members with an interest in resource use. It will be particularly appealing to Building Developers, Building Owners, Building Systems Engineers (M+E), Architects, Structural Engineers, Asset Managers, Insurers, Contractors, Secondary Materials providers and Project Managers.

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]]> Energy and Carbon Forum /get-involved/energy-and-carbon-forum/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:11:41 +0000 /?post_type=get-involved&p=69685 The Energy and Carbon Forum brings together industry professionals who are actively working on delivering net-zero outcomes to share learnings and find solutions.

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The Energy and Carbon Forum will focus on discussions around how to deliver net zero outcomes, touching on topics such as implementing whole life carbon reduction strategies, designing for the future energy grid, scaling low carbon materials and embedding resilience across projects.

The first session will shape the programme for the remaining five sessions, identifying priority topics to explore in depth and giving members the opportunity to become a chair for the upcoming sessions.

The forum will start 19th May and run every six weeks, finishing next spring. By signing up to this first session, members will be enrolling for the whole duration of the forum.Ìý

We will host three special sessions on financial value, supply chain engagement and nature. Other members will be able to join these sessions as one-offs, depending on which topic is most interesting to them. Specific dates will be announced soon.

Who Should Sign Up?

The UKGBC Energy & Carbon Forum is open to individuals from UKGBC member organisations who have demonstrable knowledge or practical experience in energy and carbon. Participants are expected to actively contribute to discussions by sharing insights, challenges and best practices, while also representing their organisationtion’s work and perspective on the topic.

This forum will be particularly appealing to Building Developers, Building Owners, Building Systems Engineers (M+E), Architects, Occupiers, Asset Managers, Energy Providers and Project Managers.

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]]> Policy Forum /get-involved/ukgbc-policy-forum/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:23:52 +0000 /?post_type=get-involved&p=69560 The UKGBC Policy Forum brings together leading voices from across our membership to shape policies that can accelerate real, systemic change.

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]]> The transition to a net zero, regenerative built environment will not be delivered by incremental policy change alone. It requires bold leadership, systems thinking and collaboration across the value chain. The Policy Forum is a space for political dialogue, horizon scanning and long-term thinking, all grounded in practical experience and focused on impact.

It brings together expert representatives from approximately 20 organisations from across our membership to:

  • Explore policy solutions that can unlock rapid decarbonisation and wider sustainability outcomes.
  • Apply systems thinking and long-term approaches to enable industry transformation.
  • Identify where policy needs to shift to meet climate and environment goals.
  • Engage directly with policymakers, including Westminster-based discussions.

The Forum meets quarterly (one in-person session in London and three online) and operates under the Chatham House Rule to enable open, honest discussion. These meetings will inform UKGBC’s advocacy, campaigns and thought leadership across the built environment

Apply Here

What will the Forum work on?

While specific priorities will evolve based on member expertise and emerging policy developments, potential areas of focus include:

Embodied Carbon

Future Homes Standard and what comes next

Nature Policy

Resilience and Adaptation

Domestic and Commercial Retrofit

Who Should Apply?

The Forum is open to applications from named individuals within UKGBC member organisations. We are seeking representation from across the built environment value chain – including clients, developers, designers, contractors, operators, investors and strategic advisors – alongside systems thinkers and policy specialists. Demonstrable expertise in built environment and understanding of how sustainability outcomes are interconnected with policy.Ìý

Participants are selected based on:
  • Understanding of systems thinking, transitional dynamics, and/or long-term strategic approaches.
  • Ability to contribute constructively to high-level policy-related dialogue.
  • Commitment to accelerating broad sustainability outcomes across the industry.

Please note this does require an application, and we want to ensure good representation across our membership and industry for which there are limited Forum spaces.

This route is ideal for individuals who

Want to actively help shape the policy landscape

Bring deep subject expertise and strategic insight

Are ready to engage seriously with transformative policy thinking

Apply to Join the Policy Forum

Become a Policy Forum Partner

We’re also looking for Policy Forum Partners to have an active role in discussion while visibly championing pogressive built environment policy. It includes:

Full participation

in quarterly Policy Forum meetings for 1-2 individuals from each organisation.

Organisation branding

on UKGBC website, Policy Forum outputs, events, workshops, and meetings.

Speaking opportunities

at Forum-linked events (where appropriate)

Automatic invitation

to partner events throughout the year

Recognition

as a leader supporting systemic policy change

This route is ideal for organisations wanting to

Demonstrate leadership in policy and sustainability

Build relationships with senior industry figures and policymakers

Support the development of ambitious, future-facing policy

Find out more about Policy Partnership

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]]> Keystone Forum /get-involved/keystone-forums/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:38:49 +0000 /?post_type=get-involved&p=68112 Discover UKGBC's Keystone Forum, a series of exclusive meetings that provide you with access to insights from across the membership.

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Keystone forums are online meetings exclusive to Keystone members to connect, collaborate and support one another. Each forum covers a specific topic, and members are encouraged to propose discussion themes, share solutions and explore challenges together.

These forums are a great opportunity to learn more about the topic and find out what other members are doing. If you’re a Keystone member you are welcome to attend any forum that is of interest to you.

Who should attend?

All Keystone members are free to attend any of these forums.

If you’d like to propose a discussion theme, or would like to present during one of these meetings, contact membership@ukgbc.org

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]]> Local Authority Retrofit Forum /get-involved/local-authority-retrofit-forum/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:03:30 +0000 /get-involved/local-authority-retrofit-forum/ A forum designed to support the work of Local Authorities who are currently undertaking home retrofit projects, or supporting activities.

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The Local Authority Retrofit Forum (LARF) is part of UKGBC’s programme, which is supported by the MCS Charitable Foundation. The programme is designed to support local authorities to take a leading role on retrofit.

The Forum is open to any local authority officer that’s currently undertaking home retrofit projects or supporting activities, or planning to in the near future. The purpose is to enable authorities to come together in a supportive environment, to connect and collaborate, share challenges and solutions, and hear from sector leaders.

The Forum will also help guide and create content and resources that can be shared across the sector, with the UKGBC membership and the wider built environment industry.

The Forum consists of a group of local authority officers from across the UK who meet virtually quarterly and communicate with each other in between and outside of meetings via a designated on our UKGBC portal.

Hear from local authorities in our forum

We spoke with members of our forum at LARF Live to gather their insights on the forum’s significance and its impact on them.

How to get involved

If you’re interested in joining or would like any further information on the Forum, please contact policy@ukgbc.org.

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