What to expect from UKGBC as we kick off 2024

It's a new year in a crucial decade of climate action, and at UKGBC we're continuing to collaborate with industry to deliver meaningful change in our built environment. So, what can UKGBC members expect from us and how can they get involved with in the first quarter of 2024?

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Understand the energy, carbon and cost effectiveness of commercial retrofit

Building on our 2022 Commercial Retrofit guidance , UKGBC and a task group of industry experts will be launching new guidance examining the the potential cost, operational energy efficiency, and embodied carbon impact of different retrofit measures.

Sign up to the launch event of this new guidance on the 24th January here .

Join us and 15,000 attendees at Futurebuild 2024

Futurebuild is a yearly conference held in London that has championed sustainability in the built environment for 16 years - much like UKGBC. For 2024, we're partnering with Futurebuild, sponsored by our member Mitsubishi Electric, to rally businesses around our key net zero, resilience and nature goals.

Learn more about our partnership here and sign up to attend here .

Prepare for the General Election and drive support for sustainable buildings policy

2024 will likely see the first general election in five years, giving an unparalleled opportunity for ambitious policy to be part of manifestos and then law. UKGBC will be mobilising our membership towards this cause and in the following weeks will be releasing information as to how members can get involved.

To learn more about our plans and opportunities to get involved, sign up to our member exclusive general election campaign kick off webinar here .

Building our Resilience Roadmap

As the climate crisis advances it becomes clearer that we can't only focus on reducing emissions, but we also need to adapt our towns and cities so that they are prepared for the physical impacts of our changing climate. 2023 saw multiple named storms and unpredictable weather events, and 2024 has already begun with heavy rainfall across the UK. To provide the built environment with a pathway for reaching climate resilience, UKGBC is creating the Resilience Roadmap with alongside a range of stakeholders.

Learn more about the Resilience Roadmap here and stay tuned to learn more about the experts helping to shape our Roadmap in the coming weeks.

Empower your team to deliver a net zero, climate resilient and regenerative built environment

Here at UKGBC, we have a vision of a built environment sector in which every job is a sustainability job. We have a vision of a workforce across industry that is equipped to deliver a net zero, climate resilient and regenerative built environment, and we’re on a mission to make it happen.?

Our sustainability learning and leadership programmes are designed to enable all built environment professionals to play their part in the green transition, regardless of seniority or expertise.

See our schedule for Winter 23-24 learning and leadership opportunities here .

Contact [email protected] for bespoke learning opportunities.

UKGBC is the membership-led industry network radically transforming the sustainability of the built environment. Powered by 700+ members, UKGBC is at the forefront of positively influencing policy, identifying the pathways to propel the sector forward sustainably and driving the solutions to transform our buildings, communities, cities and infrastructure so that people and nature thrive.