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Kiran Kachela https://www.linkedin.com/in/
kiran-kachela-a1867031/
Grateful to have been part of the first cohort
on the Circular Economy and Sustainability
Strategies Programme at the University of
Cambridge Judge Business School. A circular
economy is based on the principles of designing
out waste and keeping materials in use.
@DeloitteUK_RE Our London Office
#CraneSurvey Summer 2021 has launched.
Want to find out the latest findings on new
starts, refurbishments, office demand, leasing
demand and net zero?! We have got you
covered... Explore the report here:
https://bit.ly/3btEeQY
@FMJOBFINDER Only 4% of employees feel
fully confident at work https://buff.ly/3fLyB1H
Iain Franklin https://www.linkedin.com/in/
iainfranklin/ It’s been a long time in my head,
but finally had a chance to collate my thoughts
on the flip side of Hybrid and the challenges it
presents in maintain an effective and efficient
real estate portfolio
@AnabasFM With the reopening of many
corporate offices afoot, we discuss the updated
‘Future Building’ regulations & how introducing
smart technology now, will be an investment
in the long-term future of a workplace. Read
more in our latest article here Right pointing
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NJC (Not Just Cleaning) www.linkedin.com/
company/not-just-cleaning/ Congratulations
to Jorge Gaitan and Jose Luis Gamarra for
receiving NJC Gratitude Awards. Jorge and Jose
carried out a workshop and office clean for our
Landsec Aspire Service Partners, NG Bailey,
and were complimented on the excellent job
that was carried out at the ZigZag Building in
London
@IOSH_tweets Are you reopening your
workplace or continuing with remote working?
Ensure your environment doesn’t become a
transmission ground for Covid-19 , read our
tips: http://orlo.uk/jOEkb
18 JUNE 2021
BLOG FROM RORY MURPHY, COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR, VINCI FACILITIES
IN THE PURSUIT OF NET ZERO
Whether you place your trust in
Government, the investment
fraternity, well respected scientists or
passionate activists, the unarguable fact is that
we now have only 10 years available to us to
save the planet.
The science makes very clear that without
significant change in the next 120 months by all
of us that consider earth our ‘home’ we will reach
a tipping point in our climate beyond which
climate change will be both irreversible and
catastrophic.
Glasgow hosts the COP26 conference in
November and this event will put the UK in the
global spotlight for demonstrating positive
environmental action. To ensure success, those
of us working in the built environment need to
play a leading role in supporting both the UK and
countries around the globe in delivering on their
commitments to reach net zero emissions as
soon as possible. The way we design, construct
and operate the built environment will have a
fundamental impact over the next ten years in
helping our communities and local economies
adapt to climate change.
We must lead a revolution in the sectors
within which we work and break our dependance
on polluting energy systems and seize the
opportunity that exists from the falling costs
of renewables and advances in energy storage.
At a structural level we must contribute to
and support the acceleration to zero carbon
transport and the development of green
infrastructure. To make all this possible, we
must better understand and support the
green transformation of the financial systems
so that we can champion clean and resilient
investments.
The transition to Net Zero will, however,
involve deep structural changes that will a ect
people, communities and economic sectors in
very di erent ways. The political acceptability of
the transition and by implication public support,
will depend on those changes being seen to be
science based, fair and demonstrably impactful.
Across the Built environment though, we have
a mountain to climb. In the 2020 progress report
to the UK committee on climate change it was
made clear that whilst some fantastic progress
on emissions since 2008 had been achieved
within the UK, the significant progress had been
almost all been made in the power generation
sector. The report further demonstrated how
other major sectors were lagging way behind,
one of the most disappointing areas being
building.
The report concludes that “Buildings have
Rory Murphy, Commercial Director, VINCI Facilities
seen limited progress in the last decade”.
Whilst emissions relating to the building sector
have reduced by 13 per cent, the policy driven
successes of the first half of the decade have
not been maintained. In the housing sector,
the challenge to provide low carbon heating
remains and the necessity to shi existing
households away from natural gas to greener
solutions is critical. The scrapping of the 2016
Zero Carbon Homes standard now means that
we have more new homes requiring zero carbon
retrofit than when the Climate Change Act was
passed. Energy e iciency in existing building
stock across all sectors and the challenge of
widespread renovation and retrofit remains
largely unaddressed with various Government
incentives schemes not generating the demand
anticipated.
Last month the UK Government committed
to reducing emissions by 78 per cent by 2035, a
commitment that will set the tone for COP26 and
lead to similar stretching targets for many of the
worlds most polluting countries. 2035, however,
is only 14 years away, in the context of the built
environment or the investment lifecycle of an
asset this is no time at all.
Achieving these targets will require wideranging
policies that are credible, consistent
around the globe, long-term and of a robustness
to transform behaviours and how our
communities and wider society relate to energy,
food, transport, waste and the use of finite
resources. The challenges to how we all live and
work will be significant.
The future of our planet is fragile, precious
and our responsibility to maintain for future
generations so there can be no greater purpose
for all of us that work in the built environment
than to contribute all we can to protect the globe.
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