Explore our Videos | UKGBC /our-work-types/video/ The voice of our sustainable built environment Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:03:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-UKGBC-favicon-1.png Explore our Videos | UKGBC /our-work-types/video/ 32 32 Sustainability Shorts /resources/sustainability-shorts/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:37:52 +0000 /?post_type=resource&p=59200 This video series will help you understand sustainability in the built environment - and identify what role you can play in its transformation.

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Series overview

Sustainability can be daunting right? There’s a lot to think about , and sometimes it feels like too much. It can be hard to know where to start

But there are solutions out there and they work. There are things all organisations and projects can do to create beautiful, planet and people friendly buildings and places. And there are many people out there already doing them.

So what can you do?

UKGBC’s team, alongside our members, will guide you through the current climate and biodiversity crisis, helping to make it feel less overwhelming. °Â±ð’l±ô inspire you with tried and tested solutions. And ·É±ð’l±ô help you understand what you can do to help transform the sustainability of the built environment.

Watch now our six-part video series to learn more and take action!ÌýÌý

Introduction to Sustainability

What did you dream about being when you were a child?

Perhaps you wanted to be an astronaut, or a pop star. UKGBC’s former CEO Smith Mordak dreamt of being an architect. They dreamt of designing amazing places where exciting lives could be lived. And now, their work at Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ about creating a built environment where people and planet are part of a healthy interconnected system.Ìý
Whatever your dreams were, and whatever your role in our industry is now, we can all play a part in transforming the sustainability of the built environment.
Watch this video to hear more about Smith’s vision for a fair and fun built environment and to understand our industry’s climate and biodiversity impact. Watch to learn about the solutions we are already implementing, and what unique role you can play in transforming the sustainability of the built environment to create thriving places, just like Smith dreamed.

What is the unique role you can play?

  • Speak to colleagues and friends – using your voice is more powerful that you might think.  
  • Find out more! Explore UKGBCs reports, resources, and courses.

Continue watching the series

Resources and Courses

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]]> Extraction: a conversation on biodiversity at Lough Neagh /resources/extraction-a-conversation-on-biodiversity-at-lough-neagh/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:28:47 +0000 /?post_type=resource&p=59203 This short film highlights the pressing issues of material extraction and biodiversity loss by focusing on a single location.

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This short film highlights the pressing issues of material extraction and biodiversity loss by focusing on a single location. Its purpose is to spark a conversation about global material extraction and supply chains. We are in the midst of a biodiversity crisis, and it’s not just a single project, extraction site, or supply chain that’s at fault. Collectively, we must become better informed and aware of our impact on the planet.

UKGBC set up a task force to examine the impact of material extraction by the construction industry. Read more about our Embodied Ecological Impacts work, where you will find our mitigation hierarchy, framework recommendations and material impact ratings.

Learn more about the issues at Lough Neagh and why it was the focus of this short film

A 4 minute version of this film is available .

Check out some of the audience reactions or .

Credits:  

With huge thanks to:  

  • James Orr and the team at Friends of the Earth  
  • Kiran Pereira, Sand Stories  
  • Mary McGuiggan, local resident and campaigner  
  • Tommy Greene, Journalist  
  • Christopher Hackney, Newcastle University  
  • Ian Bruce, Artist  
  • The Estate of Seamus Heaney and Faber & Faber Publishing for live usage rights of ‘A Lough Neagh Sequence’ which was read at the event by Mary McGuiggan but is unavailable for this video. 

Embodied Ecological Impacts

The impact of the materials we use in our built environment is not limited to carbon emissions. This knowledge hub explores the global ecological impacts of the building materials we use in the UK, and how to avoid harm and maximise nature-positivity.
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