Updates on the Building Regulations, including regular columns from Regs expert Geoff Wilkinson
Carbon calculations are being used by developers to justify full‑scale demolition, complete retention and everything in-between. How can the same data be spun so many ways? Will Ing investigates the dark art of whole-life carbon assessments
The government has said it will consider setting ‘a maximum embodied carbon level for new buildings in the future’
Updated Building Regulations for England take effect today. Here we outline the major changes, what architects need to know and how it will affect current and proposed projects
As the cross-party Commons committee publishes its landmark report on how to build in a climate crisis, Will Hurst catches up with chairman and Conservative MP for Ludlow, Shropshire, Philip Dunne
A report from the House of Commons’ Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has sharply criticised government inaction on embodied carbon and has echoed all three strands of the AJ’s RetroFirst campaign
Architects and engineers have criticised the government’s amendments to energy efficiency regulations, describing them as ‘a tiny step at a time when we need to be making a huge leap’
Fran Williams speaks to WilkinsonEyre director Sam Wright about the practice’s approach to fire safety and safe evacuation on the Lord’s cricket ground project
Poorly designed buildings with inadequate ventilation are a major reason for the spread of Covid-19, according to Orla Hegarty, assistant professor at University College Dublin’s School of Architecture
Part Z, a proposed amendment to the Building Regs drafted by industry sustainability experts, already has impressive support – but you and your practice can help us build on that, writes Will Arnold
The government will publish its long-promised Building Safety Bill, which will drastically overhaul building regulations in England and Wales, today (5 July)
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