COP27 is currently underway in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt where a group of 198 countries that have signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. If it were a country, concretes CO2 emissions would make it the World’s 3rd largest. Joe examines why concrete is so popular, the price we pay for it and what is the sustainable future of concrete?

In the world Energy, Nabers is quickly becoming a buzz word. Due to the success of the scheme in Australia it was launched in the UK in 2020. But what is it and will it work successfully here?

Small Islands around the UK have the opportunity to be pioneers for a net zero transition. With easy access to the strong winds and tidal energy that surrounds our Isles, they have the ability to create community focused transitions that create lasting action and change. What lessons can they teach us?

Humanity is using nature 1.8 times faster than our planet’s biocapacity can regenerate. Using resources equivalent to 1.8 Earths, is clearly not sustainable, so can a Circular Economy save our World?

This Summer our Graduates have gone from novices to competent uses of One Click LCA software at Summer School 2022

The World Green Building Council’s has set out it’s ambitious ‘Whole Life Carbon Vison’ mission to reduce embodied emissions by 40% by 2030, and to achieve net zero embodied carbon and operational carbon in all buildings by 2050. Whole Life Cycle Assessment will be integral to hitting these targets, so lets look at how the process works

11 & 12 Wellington Place have been awarded a two-star Fitwel score in recognition of the commitment it has made to designing buildings which are both good for the environment and for the health of our community.

One in eight households in Britain had no access to a private or shared gardens during the lockdown, can community gardens and the benefits they provide help with the effects of urbanisation?

How can you measure whether a building looks after the health and wellbeing of the people who will call it home during its lifespan? We explain the system that Mainer Associates uses and how it can help your building.

Three future BREEAM Assessors take their first steps…

Here at Mainer we like to throw our Graduates in at the deep end, so they had barely got their feet under the table before Dan, Alice and Chris embarked on the BREEAM Associate training course!

How can the fight against environmental pollution be solved with ‘Net Zero’ targets, and more specifically, where does the responsibility lie for BREEAM and the construction industry to contribute?

BREEAM ratings and other sustainable certifications can influence the rental value of real estate, and if they so do, how could this effect the needs and demands for future BREEAM assessments?

It used to be the case that organisations shied away from using reclaimed structural steel, due to a certain stigma regarding reusing anything that is integral to buildings’ structure. So what’s changed?

4 Angel Square, NOMA, and 11 & 12 Wellington Place are the first of Mainer Associates’ projects to achieve BREEAM outstanding, the highest BREEAM rating possible.

Following on from the release of the London Plan last year, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has now released its Whole Life-Cycle (WLC) Assessments Guidance, which originally came out for consultation back in 2020. Learn more here…