Tag Archives: built environment

Lloyds Banking Group Calls for UK Infrastructure Resilience to Be Treated with a National Security Mindset

(IN BRIEF) Lloyds Banking Group is calling for the UK to integrate infrastructure resilience into planning and financing decisions from the outset and to approach critical infrastructure with what it describes as a national security mindset. Its new report, Built … Read the full press release →

Empa Researchers Study Metal Corrosion to Support More Durable Buildings and Cultural Heritage Sites

(IN BRIEF) Empa researchers are studying the causes and development of metal corrosion in buildings, infrastructure and cultural heritage sites to support more durable, economical and sustainable protection strategies. Although corrosion has declined significantly since the 1980s, it still causes … Read the full press release →

Ramboll Foundation and WorldGBC Launch Partnership to Put Quality of Life at the Centre of Buildings and Cities

(IN BRIEF) The Ramboll Foundation and the World Green Building Council have launched a strategic partnership focused on making quality of life a measurable outcome of buildings and cities. The partnership aims to move the built environment sector beyond carbon-only … Read the full press release →

Nemetschek Arabia and KEO Group Form Strategic Alliance for Data-Led Facilities Management

(IN BRIEF) Nemetschek Arabia and KEO Group have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to promote digital facilities management across the Gulf region. The partnership combines Nemetschek Arabia’s digital technology capabilities with KEO Group’s facilities management consultancy, operational advisory and FM … Read the full press release →

COWI Acquires PUNCH Consulting Engineers to Advance Low-Carbon Infrastructure and Sustainable Buildings in Ireland

(IN BRIEF) COWI has acquired PUNCH Consulting Engineers, a long-established Irish engineering consultancy, in a strategic move to strengthen its position in Ireland and expand its capabilities in low-carbon infrastructure, energy and sustainable buildings. PUNCH, founded in 1973, has more … Read the full press release →

Lloyds Banking Group and National Wealth Fund Launch £500 Million Financing Initiative to Support University Retrofit and Decarbonisation Across the UK

(IN BRIEF) Lloyds Banking Group and the National Wealth Fund have launched a new initiative to provide up to £500 million in financing for the retrofit and decarbonisation of university estates across the UK. The lending, supported by up to … Read the full press release →

Loughborough University Professor Mahroo Eftekhari Awarded ASHRAE Fellowship and Elected Vice President of Global Engineering Society

(IN BRIEF) Professor Mahroo Eftekhari of Loughborough University has been awarded an ASHRAE Fellowship, recognising her significant contributions to building services engineering and sustainable built environment research. Announced at the ASHRAE Winter Conference, where she was also elected Vice President, … Read the full press release →

Award-winning Carbon Pioneer positions Savills as a leader in digital and sustainable innovation across the built environment

(IN BRIEF) Savills has won the ‘Best Project or Collaboration’ award at the 2025 Society of Digital Engineering Awards for Carbon Pioneer, its automated digital workflow designed to transform sustainability modelling in the built environment. Developed to replace slow and … Read the full press release →

Amey returns to Australia with acquisition of Brisbane-based Premise to boost life-cycle engineering and decarbonisation services

(IN BRIEF) Amey has re-entered Australia by acquiring Brisbane-based Premise, a multidisciplinary consultancy respected for its work across the built environment, water, environmental & renewables and transport sectors. The move strengthens Amey’s life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation offering and advances … Read the full press release →

University of Glasgow Joins Global Call to Rethink Architecture That Neglects Human Emotion

(IN BRIEF) The University of Glasgow joined forces with global leaders in neuroscience, arts, urban planning, and public health at the first Humanise Summit in London to declare that uninspired architecture is detrimental to human wellbeing. Led by Professor Rebecca … Read the full press release →

NWO Awards Over €7.7 Million to Propel TU/e-Led Digital Innovations in Energy Renovation for the Built Environment

(IN BRIEF) The press release announces that the NWO has allocated over 7.7 million euros for four projects aimed at digitizing energy renovation efforts in the built environment. A primary focus of these projects, especially the DPARt project coordinated by … Read the full press release →

EIF Pledges €40 Million to SevenGen Growth Fund to Boost Sustainable Innovation and Impact

(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund has committed €40 million to the SevenGen Growth Fund, which focuses on scaling profitable companies in sustainability-related sectors. The fund will target businesses across the Benelux, Germany, and the Nordics that are poised for … Read the full press release →