Publications

Hong Kong is making bold strides in sustainable architecture, with thousands of buildings now certified under the BEAM Plus scheme. A latest report highlights impressive carbon savings, innovative green initiatives and a growing market for eco-friendly products.

Enhancing energy efficiency in buildings is vital for mitigating climate change, ensuring energy security, and fostering sustainable development. The RenovAID project, which seeks to improve the energy performance of buildings in Albania and Kosovo, directly addresses these critical objectives.

A new World Bank report emphasises the pivotal role of building energy efficiency. It provides a comprehensive review of global energy regulations for buildings and examines how these rules are enforced.

The UK's heritage organisations—Cadw, Historic England, and Historic Environment Scotland—have joined efforts to develop a handbook aimed at supporting learners engaged in retrofit qualifications.

This summary underscores the pressing need for targeted interventions to overcome the technical, infrastructural, and financial hurdles in the drive towards full heat decarbonisation in UK schools.

The newly compiled data highlights the numerous advantages of integrating green roofs, green walls, and indoor vertical greenery into our built environment.

The Sector Study is a biennial survey commissioned by the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) and co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, that collects and analyses statistical, sociological and economic data on European architects, the architectural market and architectural practices.

This report aims to identify the essential skills that local governments require to enhance their building policies.

The report titled 'Building typology: Analysis of the building stock and typologies definition' provides a comprehensive overview of the FuturHist project, which aims to develop typology-based strategies for the energy-efficient retrofitting of historic buildings.

As part of the 'Drawing the Baseline' work package within the FuturHist project, this report shares the findings from the project study of the obstacles to improving energy efficiency in historic buildings.