In this webinar, we’ll walk you through the proposal and the key questions we’re seeking feedback on. This is your chance to help shape the future of the industry.

Who Should Attend?

This event is designed for anyone who may be interested in responding to the Regenerative Places Framework consultation, particularly those involved in housing development or retrofit. It is an opportunity for all built environment stakeholders to provide feedback. We encourage anyone with an interest in regenerative design in the built environment to join this webinar and respond to the consultation, from experienced professionals to those with a general interest.

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UKGBC’s Roadmaps guide the��built environment��sector in building a low carbon, resilient and regenerative built environment at the pace��required��to meet climate targets. Adopting the roadmaps more widely will help deliver a sustainable built environment that protects lives, homes, jobs,��communities��and nature.

Why Now?

Findings from the��Whole Life Carbon Roadmap Progress Report��show that the built environment is dangerously��behind on��decarbonisation.��Since 2018, emissions in the built environment have fallen by just 14% against the 24% needed.��The evidence is clear:��systemic��acceleration is��required.����

This campaign,��part of��WorldGBC’s��#BuildingLife initiative,��is��working across Europe to��eliminate��emissions across the full lifecycle of buildings and deliver a climate-neutral built environment. It directly supports��WorldGBC’s��initiative which aims to promote a whole life carbon approach across 12 counties and supports the global ambition of making near-zero and resilient buildings the norm by 2030

Paul Cahalan, Associate Director of Membership, Marketing and Communications said:

“This campaign comes at a critical time for the sector��amid a rapidly changing climate��and brings��together industry and political voices to take the key messages from the two roadmaps deeper into industry and policy conversations. Though greater adoption,��industry��and policymakers��can��use the roadmaps to help��create a low carbon, resilient and regenerative built environment.”

The following individuals have joined the campaign as Roadmap Ambassadors:

• Will Arnold, Head of Sustainable Materials, Useful Simple Trust.
• Ashley Bateson, Director & Head of Sustainability, Hoare Lea.
• Louise Clarke, Group Head of Sustainability, Berkeley Group PLC.
• Georgia Elliott-Smith, Founder & Director, Fighting Dirty | Sustainability Director, Elliott Wood.
• Emma Howard Boyd CBE, Chair, National Heat Risk Commission | Chair – ClientEarth Group Board | Co-Chair, HERA (formerly Climate Resilience for All)
• Stephen Good, CEO, Built Environment – Smarter Transformation.
• Douglas Morrison, Deputy CEO, Built Environment – Smarter Transformation.
• Chinyelu Oranefo, Managing Director, Sustainability Advisory, Real Estate & Housing, Lloyds Corporate & Institutional.
• Duncan Price, Partner, Sustainability, Buro Happold.
• Rt Hon Chris Skidmore, OBE, Former UK Energy Minister, Chair of the Climate Action Coalition, Working Group Chair – UK Transition Finance Council.
• Simon Sturgis, Founder, Targeting Zero
• Katherine Willis, Baroness Willis of Summertown, Principal, St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford | Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Biology, University of Oxford | Cross-Bench Peer, House of Lords | Founder and Director, NatCap Research LTD.

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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.��

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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New analysis from our latest Whole Life Carbon Roadmap Progress Report has revealed emissions from buildings and infrastructure have fallen by barely half required to meet carbon cutting targets.

The report warns the UK’s built environment, the country’s second-largest source of carbon emissions, is falling dangerously behind the pace required to help meet the UK’s net zero commitment, as defined in the��UKGBC’s Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap.

The report shows embodied carbon emissions falling by 14 per cent since 2018 against the 24 per cent reduction required in the roadmap. It means that, with its current trajectory, the industry is cutting carbon at around half the speed needed – a gap of around 20��MtCO₂e��each year, or��equivalent to the emissions��of��heating nine million homes��for a year.

To get back on track, the sector must now deliver a further 35��MtCO₂e��reduction by 2027, meaning emissions cuts will need to happen more than three times faster than they have so far.

Download the report here

Launched in 2021,��the��UKGBC’s Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap, sets out the UK’s pathway to net zero across operational and embodied carbon emissions from buildings and infrastructure. The latest progress report shows where the sector is accelerating and where it is falling behind in helping the UK reach its net zero target.

Operational emissions are falling through better energy efficiency and wider use of low-carbon technologies, the report showed. However, slower progress in embodied carbon reduction is cancelling out those gains.

The report also warned delays in decarbonising the electricity grid were undermining the shift to electrified heat and transport.

The findings come a week after the launch of the , the first unified, science-based method for defining and verifying net zero buildings, including mandatory limits on operational and embodied carbon. The UKGBC will also update its Whole Life Carbon Framework Definition this spring, further strengthening consistency across whole-life carbon assessment. Together, these developments and the publication of the Progress Report, provide the industry with clear evidence base and direction for future investment, design and regulation.

Simon McWhirter, Chief Executive of UKGBC, said:

The UK’s buildings are now dangerously behind in meeting our climate targets, and this new analysis shows just how stark the challenge has become. We are cutting carbon at less than half the pace required and every year we fall further behind, the harder and more expensive it becomes to catch up.

We simply cannot afford to lock in another generation of high-carbon homes, offices and infrastructure. With the right policies and decisive action from government and industry, we can still turn this around, but the window is closing fast.”

Yetunde Abdul, Director of Industry Transformation at UKGBC, said:

The built environment is the UK’s second largest source of emissions, and the solutions are available today. What we need now is consistent policy, mandatory whole life carbon regulation and sustained investment to unlock change at scale. Incremental progress will not be enough; this requires systemic transformation.

The report concludes that while progress has been made since 2018, it falls short of what is required. With no scope to delay progress towards 2050, rapid and coordinated action from industry and government is now essential. UKGBC will continue to convene members, provide evidence-based tools and work with policymakers to accelerate delivery at the pace and scale required.”

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UKGBC’s Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap for the Built Environment, published in 2021, was the first industry-led effort to develop a pathway to Net Zero for buildings and infrastructure in the UK. It identified the rapid and consistent actions needed to realise the 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (compared to 1990) required en route to near net zero emissions by 2050. This included both future-facing policy reforms and engagement from all sectors of the UK construction industry.

This report reviews progress in the six years following the 2018 baseline of the Roadmap. It presents the operational carbon, embodied carbon, and F-gar emissions of the entire UK domestic, non-domestic, and infrastructure stock based on reported data, for comparison against the progress determined to be necessary by the original roadmap.

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Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap

The industry’s pathway to net zero by 2050.

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UKGBC has long called for a comprehensive ten-year retrofit strategy to end stop-start policy, build industry confidence, scale supply chains, and coordinate local action nationally. We have been working actively to influence the plan and when it arrives this autumn, we want to hear from you.   

The UK Government’s long-awaited Warm Homes and Buildings Plan is set to be a major milestone for the decarbonisation and future-proofing of the UK’s building stock. But will it deliver the long-term vision, investment, and certainty the sector needs? Will it go far enough on net zero, affordability, and resilience, or will it leave critical gaps?  

In anticipation of the Government’s upcoming Warm Homes Plan, Ģ��ֱ�� hosting an interactive member town hall that will bring members together to unpack the government’s new plan, share insights, and shape our continued collective advocacy. We want to hear from you and explore what’s promising, what’s missing, and what needs improving to ensure the new national retrofit strategy truly delivers for people, industry, and the planet. 

Who should attend?

This session is for all UKGBC members with an interest in retrofit, home energy efficiency, and policy engagement – from manufacturers, local authorities, and housing providers, to supply chain, finance, and professional services.  

Speaker and guests

• Jessica Skilbeck, Director, Net Zero Buildings at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
• Rachael Owens, Co-Director, National Retrofit Hub.
• David Adams, Senior Net Zero Consultant, Ģ��ֱ��.

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Our buildings are responsible for two types of emissions: operational and embodied. Operational carbon is the carbon emitted through the day-to-day activities of a building – whether that’s heating, cooling or ventilation, the running of key infrastructure like lifts or the powering of electronics and appliances. Simply put, operational carbon is what keeps a building’s lights on. 

Embodied carbon, on the other hand, is all the other carbon emitted by a building over its life cycle, including sourcing its materials, the construction process and, finally, demolition. This blog is going to focus on how we can reduce our operational emissions, but you can learn more about embodied carbon here.  

in 2018 71% of the UK built environment’s carbon footprint came from its operational emissions

Why do we need to reduce Operational Carbon and what are its main causes? 

As of 2018, according to UKGBC’s Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap, 71% of the UK built environment’s carbon footprint came from its operational emissions. Operating our offices, shops and other non-domestic buildings emitted 39.7 MtCO2e, with our homes having an even larger impact at 84.8 MtCO2e. To put these emissions in context, just operating the UK’s buildings puts as much carbon into the atmosphere as burning each year. The main causes of these emissions are:��

Fossil fuel heating in both homes and businesses

Fossil fuel driven electricity powering lights and appliances��

Inefficient buildings that leak valuable energy – particularly in winter.��

With a rapidly changing climate, we have a responsibility to reduce these emissions – and the good news is that the solutions are already out there. We just need to mobilise our industry and policymakers to roll-out at scale. 

Learn more about reducing reliance on fossil fuel powered electricity here.  

Reducing operational carbon in different building types 

Existing Homes����

We can reduce operational energy use in existing homes in three main ways:  

Insulation: The more efficient a building, the less energy it needs to keep warm and safe. We primarily improve a home’s efficiency through insulation in areas like: cavity walls, underfloor recesses and the roof. Additional efficiency measures like double glazed windows also help reduce precious heat leaching from a home, and reduce the energy needed to keep it warm.��

Switching to Electric Heating: 85% of UK homes use a gas-boiler for heating. Switching to an electricity powered heat pump is an opportunity for millions to move away from burning fossil fuels and drastically reduce their carbon footprint.��

Using Renewable Energy: Where possible, homes should seek to use renewable energy to power their electricity – whether that’s through renewable tariffs or on-site generation like roof-top solar panels.����

Learn more about retrofitting existing homes to be friendlier to the planet here.  

Existing Non-Domestic Buildings��

We can reduce operational energy use in existing non-domestic buildings by:  

Moving away from Fossil Fuel heating: As of 2018, 66% of commercial buildings’ emissions were from heating – by switching to electric systems non-domestic spaces can drastically reduce their impact on the environment.����

Introducing Building Performance Targets: Having targets for non-domestic buildings to improve their energy efficiency that include mandatory disclosure of their performance would galvanise action in this sector. Further building these targets into legal and commercial frameworks would raise the standard for buildings – ensuring all non-domestic buildings were having a limited impact on the environment.����

Embracing on-site Renewables: Many non-domestic developments such as warehouses, factories and shopping centers have large flat roofs that are ideal for solar PV.����

New Buildings��

We can reduce operational energy use in new buildings by:  

Putting energy efficiency first: All new buildings should be built with their energy performance in mind, ensuring that they are built as efficiently as possible to reduce future carbon emissions. This doesn’t just mean designing a home to keep it warm, but also designing it to keep it cool – so that extra energy won’t be needed for air conditioning in the future.��

Prioritising electricity: Of course, this means designing with a heat pump from the start and building solar panels into the roof, but it can also mean building in smart features that automatically save electricity.��

Learn more about standards for building new homes with low carbon emissions here.

What is industry already doing?��

Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard��

Launched in late 2024, the aims to create a robust, universal standard for all building types that allows industry to prove their projects are net zero and in line with the UK’s climate targets. As part of this standard, limits are set for the operational energy use in buildings and targets for on-site renewable energy generation. These limits are encouraging asset designers, builders and owners to considerably reduce their operational energy use in order to meet Net Zero.  

What is UKGBC doing about Operational Carbon?����

Our team has long been working on projects related to helping industry reduce operational carbon emissions in both new and existing buildings. Some key activities include:  

Renewable Energy Procurement: This work stream gives asset owners clear guidance on how to procure renewable energy and gives guidance on how to reimagine energy use and a flexible grid as we shift towards on-site generation and away from fossil fuels. Learn more here.��

Retrofit: Reducing energy use in existing homes through energy efficiency improvements has been a long-term aim for UKGBC. We work with both national and local policy makers to implement programmes that lead to the retrofit of homes to keep them safe, warm and cheap to run. In fact, home retrofit is a great example of climate friendly fixes – like reducing operational carbon – having positive social, health and financial benefits too. Learn more here.����

Operational Optimisation Labs: Throughout 2024 and 2025, UKGBC has been working to understand how optimising commercial buildings can reduce operational carbon emissions. Optimising a building, as opposed to undertaking a deep retrofit, is unobtrusive and can still lead to considerable carbon reductions without a building being taken out of us. The final outcome of this project will be launched in the spring, and you can find out more about the project and its supporters here.����

Advancing Net Zero

Created in 2018 as part of a World Green Building Council former global Advancing Net Zero programme, UKGBC’s Advancing Net Zero programme has a mission to lead the UK’s transition to a net zero built environment. It has produced leading guidance such as the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Framework and the Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap, whilst working with organisations and experts across the industry.

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This publication forms part of a series called the Industry Pulse Check, a periodic report on the built environment sector’s progress in reducing emissions in line with the . Each publication highlights areas where the industry has made strides on the priority actions identified in the Roadmap and where it is falling short. It identifies stakeholders responsible for essential future actions and features voices of industry professionals urging the sector to elevate its efforts.

Embodied carbon emissions account for approximately 50% of lifecycle emissions for new builds, yet they remain unregulated, and measurement and mitigation within design and construction is mostly voluntary. As a significant contributor to the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions, embodied carbon must be tackled in order to meet the UK’s carbon budgets.

Addressing this issue requires a dual approach: enhancing design efficiency and optimising material choices by building designers, while also decarbonising the supply chain through industrial strategies and carbon pricing policies. The development of the UK building stock should prioritise a “retrofit first” strategy, driving the circular economy, fostering second-hand materials markets, and increasing re-use. 

The development of the UK building stock should prioritise a “retrofit first” strategy, driving the circular economy, fostering second-hand materials markets, and increasing re-use. 

Will Arnold, Head of Climate Action at The Institution of Structural Engineers, said:

Recent years have seen significant voluntary action on whole life carbon from across the sector. Guidance, tools and training continues to increase the capacity of project teams to understand and reduce the carbon emissions from their designs. Exemplary projects touch the ground more lightly each year, and the launch of the 1.5°-aligned UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard provides the watermark against which such projects can be judged. 

The challenge now is to ensure the take-up of such skills across every project, not only the exemplars. The time is right for whole life carbon regulation to be introduced, bringing industry-wide consistency on reporting requirements, and levelling the playing field between projects. Experts have been calling for such regulation since 2007, and the 200+ statements of support shown on the Part Z website demonstrate wide backing from industry.” 

What is the industry doing about Whole Life Carbon?

The industry is beginning to shift its approach to decarbonisation, driven by an improved knowledge and awareness of whole life carbon and the urgent need to reduce embodied carbon emissions. Leading private companies, industry organisations, and local authorities have been taking initial steps in this area by setting operational energy and upfront embodied carbon targets, demonstrating a commitment and drive to reduce emissions associated with development.

Currently, the measurement and mitigation of embodied carbon at project level is voluntary, with regulatory or statutory mechanisms only in place in a handful of local authorities. While leading developers and infrastructure clients measure and optimise the embodied carbon footprint of new projects, and technical standards and guidance are available to support this, this practice is not yet mainstream across the industry. 

New standards to support Whole Life Carbon reductions

In July 2024, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) introduced the  , updating the previous 2017 Professional Statement. The new Standard sets a high bar for consistency and reliability in whole life carbon modelling and reporting. To advance further the industry needs to collectively contribute their whole life carbon data to open-access resources, such as the (BECD). Shared and accessible data is vital for further informed target-setting, decision-making and industry-wide improvement. 

Industry organisations have also played a pivotal role in advancing the decarbonisation mandate through the development of the , a landmark initiative which established limits that align with the 1.5°C global heating threshold set by the Paris Agreement. The Standard provides clear, time-bound limits for upfront embodied carbon, creating a definitive pathway for industry to align with a 1.5°C heating scenario. The industry’s collaboration in creating this standard underscores the shared understanding of the urgent need to address climate change and willingness to lead by example.

Advocating for legislative support

The campaign, driven by industry advocates, continues to push for mandatory whole life carbon measurements and upfront embodied carbon limits to be included in UK building regulations. This campaign highlights the necessity of legislative support to drive widespread adoption and ensure that carbon considerations are part of every stage of a building’s lifecycle. Many leading companies and organisations support this campaign, recognising that regulatory frameworks are essential for achieving systemic change. 

We need government policy on Whole Life Carbon

robust action from the national government is critical to bring the rest of the industry up to speed

Despite these advancements, robust action from the national government is critical to bring the rest of the industry up to speed. This requires mandating whole life carbon assessments in building regulations and ultimately introducing legal limits to upfront embodied carbon, with a view to future revision and tightening as required. Without such intervention, the progress made by leading companies and organisations may not be enough to drive the widespread, systemic change required to meet the UK’s carbon reduction targets. 

Local authorities leading by example

Several local authorities, including the , , , and , have taken commendable steps to incorporate whole life carbon measurements and limits into their planning requirements. These actions set a benchmark for other regions and demonstrate the potential for local governance to drive progress at a regional level.

Alex Benstead, Senior Advisor at UKGBC, said:

With the urgent need to cap global temperature increases at 1.5°C, it’s alarming that around 1 in 10 tonnes of the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions, specifically those related to embodied carbon, remain unregulated. We need responsible government action to mandate whole life carbon measurement in building regulations and introduce legal limits on embodied carbon. 

This is crucial for supporting ongoing positive actions. Industry consultants are constantly improving the consistency and reliability of their carbon modelling and reporting. Several Local Authorities are leading by example, incorporating whole life carbon measurements and limits into their planning requirements. Now bold steps need to be taken to mainstream these practices.” 

Stakeholder Action Plans

The Whole Life Carbon Roadmap includes 14 individual Stakeholder Action Plans that set out specific recommended actions for key industry stakeholders. These plans enable stakeholders to contribute effectively to achieving the Roadmap’s goals. Below is a summary table of the actions related to this Key Priority: Whole Life Carbon Measurement and Agreed Limits. 

To learn more about the Stakeholder Action Plans, join our unique collaborative programme with our membership to drive greater action, and understand the industry status on delivery of the actions within the plans – where are we and what more do we need to do?  

Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap

The industry’s pathway to net zero by 2050.

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Advancing Net Zero

Created in 2018 as part of a World Green Building Council former global Advancing Net Zero programme, UKGBC’s Advancing Net Zero programme has a mission to lead the UK’s transition to a net zero built environment. It has produced leading guidance such as the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Framework and the Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap, whilst working with organisations and experts across the industry.

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We know we need to rapidly decarbonise all aspects of the built environment, and quickly. Through minimum energy intensity and embodied carbon targets for most assets, we can tackle a large part of the decarbonisation challenge. However good those targets are, they’re unlikely to reach true net zero. And that’s why a carbon offsetting and pricing strategy is needed – to manage the residual emissions. 

It is this final approach – furthering climate mitigation through offsetting and internal carbon pricing – that is the subject of this masterclass, built on the recent publication of Carbon Offsetting and Pricing Guidance from UKGBC. 

About the course 

This in-person workshop will help you to understand and use the guidance developed by UKGBC. It will walk you through the four-steps to creating an offsetting and carbon pricing plan. Through group work, discussion and challenges, the workshop will be an interactive and engaging way to better understand the complex world of offsetting and carbon pricing and set you on a path to developing your own strategy.  

In joining this course, you will:

• Learn in detail about each of the steps for setting an ambitious carbon offsetting plan 
• Explore internal carbon pricing and learn about how you can develop a pricing strategy for your organisation 
• Clearly understand how to implement UKGBC’s Carbon Offsetting and Pricing Guidance 
• Connect with others in industry, sharing and learning from each other 

Why join the course?

• Learn from UKGBC experts about the steps needed to generate a robust offsetting and carbon pricing strategy  
• Practice setting a carbon prince through interactive challenge 
• Collaborate and meet others in industry, sharing challenges and opportunities.  
• Learn from UKGBC experts about the steps needed to generate a robust offsetting and carbon pricing strategy  
• Better understand UKGBC’s guidance and how to implement the recommendations  
• Apply new skills and practice setting a carbon price with an interactive challenge 
• Collaborate and meet others in industry, sharing challenges and opportunities.  

Hosts and speakers

• Alex Benstead, Senior Advisor – Advancing Net Zero, UKGBC.
• Stephen Thompson, Associate, Arup.
• John Barry, Agreena Carbon Markets

Who should join the course?

This workshop is designed for decision-makers and their teams who are embarking on a net zero strategy that includes offsetting and/or carbon pricing.

Climate Change Mitigation

We are in a decisive decade for climate action and with a decreasing number of years left to achieve 2030 climate targets, radical and rapid transformation from businesses and the global economy is essential.

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The need for rapid decarbonisation is clear. The impacts of climate change are being felt here and now, with average global temperature records being broken around the world. We need to accelerate action to mitigate our impacts on our planet – and to adapt to a changing climate. But we’re not moving fast enough. UKGBCs Whole Life Carbon Roadmap indicates that continuing business as usual would see the sector fall well short of the 2050 net zero target.  

Organisations across the built environment value chain need to play their part in reaching net zero, and each and every person in those organisations can support the transformation.    

That means you!  

Net Zero

‘Net zero’ can appear confusing, complicated, and highly challenging to achieve, but UKGBC are here to help you understand what this means, why it’s important and what actions you can take. 

This webinar series will build your core net zero knowledge through exploring key concepts, ideas and solutions needed to reach net zero across our built environment. Each session will delve into a new subject, from measuring carbon, to retrofit and much more. And this year, we’ll focus on public buildings, and how they can be designed, built, retrofitted, operated and maintained to achieve net zero.  

UKGBC’s Advancing Net Zero team will provide expert guidance across the series, alongside inspirational examples of success and case studies from UKGBC members. Each session will allow for questions, giving you the opportunity to ask our experts and guests anything you want.  

With a new government comes the opportunity for change across our industry in how our non-domestic and public buildings are designed, built, retrofitted, operated and maintained. Join us as we explore the core topics of net zero needed to radically transform the sustainability of the built environment.   

Series detail 

Each webinar will run from 09:30 – 10:30 GMT (with an extended Q&A from 10:30-10:45)  

Why attend?  

Every one of us needs to be part of the journey to a net zero, sustainable built environment. As organisations set carbon reduction targets and progress towards more sustainable business objectives, it’s important to understand some of these key concepts to ensure you are not left behind.  

From attending this series, you will:

• Understand what net zero carbon means, and how it can be achieved in the built environment sector and how it relates to nature, resilience and adaptation.  
• See how organisations are already rising to the challenge. 
• Be inspired to participate in sustainability action in your organisation.  
• Know where to find further UKGBC resources and learning.

Who should attend?

These sessions are designed for anyone who’s interested in knowing more about net zero in the built environment – they’re open to all. They will cover essential knowledge, not detailed, technical advice.  

You could be early in your career, or keen to know more about what net zero means for your team or role, or you may have recognised that you need to know more on this topic to succeed in your organisation. Either way, this series will give you the essential knowledge you need to support the decarbonisation of the built environment.  

Webinar hosts  

This series will be hosted by Joe Pitts-Cunningham, Experiential Learning Manager at UKGBC.  

Each episode, Joe will be joined by a UKGBC expert from across the team, and several members who will present a case study.  

CPD hours (if attending all 6 webinars): 6hrs  

These webinars are free to UKGBC members.  

If you’re unsure if your organisation is a member, please check our Membership Directory.    

UKGBC cancellation and refund policy 

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