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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Jul 2

🏢 Keeping people safe starts with how we design, build and adapt.

Homes, workplaces, and public buildings must be understood as the first line of protection in a changing climate.

🖱️Download the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap to learn how we can transform the built environment: tinyurl.com/3k35jkm6

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Jul 1

👐 Thank you to everyone who joined us for a fantastic evening celebrating the launch of the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap.

🚨 This Roadmap is not a report, it's an an urgent call to action for the built environment. The time to act is now.

🖱️Download, read, engage with us: tinyurl.com/3k35jkm6

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Jul 1

♨️ Did you know that more than 55% of UK homes are already at risk of overheating?

💻 Following our UK Climate Resilience Roadmap, this webinar will help built environment professionals understand some of the innovative solutions available to reduce overheating.

🖱️Register here: tinyurl.com/25uavmxe

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Jun 26

🎉We've officially launched the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap.

This is not just a report; it’s a tool for bringing awareness and enabling action. The time to act is now. Learn how: download, read, engage with us.

🖱️Download it here: tinyurl.com/3422vaju

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Jun 12

📣We're thrilled to announce that Miatta Fahnbulleh, Emma Howard Boyd CBE, and Dr. Eleni Myrivili will be speaking at the launch of the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap on June 26th.

💻Join us for the official launch of the Roadmap by signing up for the event livestream here: tinyurl.com/mrxje6pc

UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Jun 11

📣UKGBC responds to the Government's 2025 Comprehensive Spending Review.

Today, Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled her line by line spending review, setting out the budgets of government departments until 2030.

🖱️Read Simon's full response here: tinyurl.com/kym4ckfb

UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Jun 10

⏳Have you responded to our Framework Definition for a Nature Positive Built Environment consultation?

🌿This consultation seeks input from individuals across the sector to ensure that the built environment can take robust steps toward a nature positive future.

🖱️Respond here: tinyurl.com/538bv6za

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · May 29

🏗️How can sustainable construction practices help the UK meet Sustainable Development Goals?

Sustainability in construction is crucial to achieving many of these goals, such as lowering emissions, protecting nature, and enhancing human health and wellbeing.

📚Read more here: tinyurl.com/bddwv2t6

Sustainable Construction for the Sustainable Development Goals | UKGBC

Understand the role sustainable construction can play in meeting a number of the sustainable development goals.

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · May 21

🌍UKGBC welcomes the Climate Change Committee's guidance to the Scottish Government on setting carbon budget levels to 2045.

⚡The CCC’s recommendations highlight the urgent need to scale up climate action across all sectors – including the built environment – to stay on track for #NetZero.

UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · May 20

📣Announcing our new Scaling Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment initiative!

💡 This initiative aims to accelerate the uptake of innovative sustainable solutions through targeted matchmaking, research into barriers to scaling, and knowledge sharing.

Learn more here: tinyurl.com/5a9cmpdc

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · May 15

📣We are seeking your feedback on our Framework Definition for a Nature-Positive Built Environment!

🌲We’re working to provide the clarity, tools, and guidance needed to ensure the built environment can take meaningful steps toward nature positivity—starting now.

Respond here: tinyurl.com/538bv6za

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · May 7

💭How does workforce competence in the energy and retrofit sector affect non-compliance?

📝In our latest blog, Mat Ilic, CEO of Greenworkx, stresses the need for a new workforce strategy that centres both competence and qualifications.

Read Mat's blog here: tinyurl.com/y2b78h86

Fixing the Competency Gap: Moving Beyond Qualifications in Retrofit

Mat Ilic, CEO of Greenworkx, explores the crucial role of addressing workforce competency in the built environment retrofit sector.

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · May 2

📣 UKGBC responds to the government's consultation on raising minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) for privately rented homes.

Tackling fuel poverty and decarbonising our homes must include upgrades within the privately rented sector (PRS).

🖱️Read our full response: tinyurl.com/4fxjw6er

Consultation Response: Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Rented Homes

UKGBC has responded to the Government's consultation on minimum energy efficiency standards for privately rented homes.

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Apr 30

📣UKGBC responds to the Climate Change Committee's latest report on adaption.

According to the CCC’s latest report, the UK government is failing to make “good” progress in adapting the UK to climate change.

🖱️Read our Deputy CEO Simon McWhirter's full response here: tinyurl.com/yvsjxset

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Apr 28

📣 UKGBC responds to DEFRA's consultation on land use.

The Labour government's consultation on the Land Use Framework aims to set up a strategic approach to land use in England.

🖱️ Read UKGBC's response to the consultation here: ukgbc.org/news/ukgbc-r...

UKGBC responds to DEFRA's land use consultation | UKGBC

Read UKGBC's response to DEFRA's latest consultation on the Land Use Framework.

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Apr 10

📣Our built environment must prepare and respond to a changing climate.

🛣️As part of our UK Climate Resilience Roadmap, we sought to create a vision of what a climate resilient built environment could be and the key actions that will get us there.

🖱️Learn more about the Roadmap: tinyurl.com/3k35jkm6

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Apr 3

💭How can we create flood-resilient cities?

⛈ 1 in 4 homes in the UK will be at risk of flooding by 2050.

Our new blog outlines key actions that organisations can take to make sure that our cities are resilient to an increasingly volatile climate.

🖱️Read it here:
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How do you create a Flood Resilient City? | UKGBC

Learn how our cities can become safe from flooding, and what actions local organisations can take now to create a flood resilient city.

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Mar 26

📣UKGBC responds to the government's Spring Budget 2025.

Today, Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out her plans for the UK economy during her Spring Statement.

🖱Read Simon's full response here: tinyurl.com/3r2cb2av

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Mar 25

🏡How can we build a resilient, sustainable retrofit ecosystem for all?

In our latest blog, @Helen Burridge, manager of the Hertfordshire Climate Change and Sustainability Partnership, discusses her experience with UKGBC's Local Authority Retrofit Accelerator.

📚Read it here: tinyurl.com/yc82wjfk

Accelerating Local Retrofit: The Power of Collaboration | UKGBC

Helen Burridge explores the role of UKGBC's Local Area Retrofit Accelerator (LARA) in helping Hertfordshire authorities to progress retrofit measures.

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Rights Community Action @rightscommaction.bsky.social · Mar 24

'The planning system is a vital tool in tackling the climate crisis. It's crucial to every decision made. With @friends-earth.bsky.social @ukgbc.bsky.social‬ @thetcpa.bsky.social & @hello-cse.bsky.social we sent this to MPs for the 2nd Reading of #PlanningAndInfrastructureBill shorturl.at/2UC2l

Planning & Infrastructure Bill: 2nd Reading — Rights Community Action

Rights Community Action , UK Green Building Council , Friends of the Earth , the Town and Country Planning Association and the Centre for Sustainable Energy sent the following letter to all MPs…

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Mar 24

💭Did you know that many solutions exist which can facilitate site selection for Biodiversity Net Gain targets?

We've highlighted tools that provide an easy and fast way to assess sites and produce baseline Biodiversity Unit value.

🌿Learn more about these tools here: tinyurl.com/2dvhk45p

UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Mar 21

📣UKGBC responds to GB Energy's project to install solar panels on schools and hospitals across the UK.

💡This £180m investment will not only protect schools and hospitals from soaring energy bills, but it'll also free up cash for reinvestment into crucial frontline services.

See our response below:

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Mar 19

📣Calling Local Authority officers!

🗓On the 24th of March, we will be holding a Local Authority Retrofit Forum to discuss the lessons learnt so far from the Local Authority Retrofit Accelerator (LARA) pilot.

🖱For more information and to register, please go to: tinyurl.com/memh96wy

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UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Mar 18

📣UKGBC responds to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch's speech on the UK's 2050 net zero target.

Our Deputy CEO, Simon McWhirter, responded to Badenoch's claim that reaching net zero by 2050 is "impossible."

💭What do you make of her claim?

🖱Read Simon's full response here: tinyurl.com/me85nz84

UK Green Building Council @ukgbc.bsky.social · Mar 17

💭What do we mean when we talk about climate adaptation in the built environment?

⛈️Climate adaptation refers to the actions that cope with current and anticipated climate change effects.

Learn more about our upcoming UK Climate Resilience Roadmap: ukgbc.org/our-work/top...