by Marina Young | Apr 22, 2026
What Comes Next? Each Earth Day offers the built environment sector a moment to take stock. To ask not just how far we have come, but whether the direction of travel is still right. Net zero has been the defining ambition of the last decade. It shaped policy, guided...
by Marina Young | Apr 9, 2026
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the construction and development sector at pace. From early-stage cost planning to tender preparation, the capability on offer today is genuinely useful. As a result, as organisations adopt AI more broadly, they face a deeper...
by Marina Young | Mar 19, 2026
As the built environment accelerates its transition to net zero, operational energy, embodied carbon, and whole life carbon assessments have rightly become central to strategic decision-making. However, one critical performance metric...
by Marina Young | Feb 11, 2026
On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate curiosity, innovation, and the power of future talent to shape a better world. For the built environment, this is more than a moment of recognition; it is a reminder that the path to a net zero,...
by Marina Young | Dec 2, 2025
Every year, World Soil Day, which is on the 5th of December, raises awareness of one of the most valuable and most undervalued natural resources on the planet. Soil underpins food security, biodiversity, carbon storage, and climate resilience. Yet in the built...
