DATES FOR THE
FM DIARY
17-19 MAY 2022
www.facilitiesshow.com
18-19 AUGUST 2021
Smart Facilities Management
Conference & Showcase (SFM 2021)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
http://facilitiesmiddleeast.com/
01-02 SEPTEMBER 2021
The Facilities Management Forum
Hybrid The Midland Hotel, Manchester
https://bit.ly/3jalnwX
13 SEPTEMBER 2021
IWFM Conference ‘Emerging Stronger’
Hybrid Event
www.iwfm.org.uk/iwfmconference.html
15-16 SEPTEMBER 2021
Smart Home Expo
NEC, Birmingham
www.smarthometechlive.co.uk
19-21 SEPTEMBER 2021
The Flooring Show
Harrogate Convention Centre
www.theflooringshow.com
22-23 SEPTEMBER 2021
RWM Resource Revolution
NEC, Birmingham
www.rwmexhibition.com
05-07 OCTOBER 2021
UK Construction Week Birmingham
NEC, Birmingham
www.ukconstructionweek.com
06-07 OCTOBER 2021
Smart Buildings Show
ExCeL London
https://smartbuildingsshow.com/
02-04 NOVEMBER 2021
The Cleaning Show 2021
ExCeL, London
https://cleaningshow.co.uk/london
JULY 2021 7
SURVEY LAUNCHED BY
UKGBC ON VERIFICATION
FOR NET ZERO CARBON
BUILDINGS
The built environment sector requires urgent, widespread and real
decarbonisation of existing and new buildings to meet the UK’s
2050 net zero targets, says the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)
as it launches a survey to gather feedback on market drivers,
expectations and characteristics for a potential net zero carbon
buildings verification scheme.
UKGB’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Framework Definition built industry
consensus on the steps to achieving net zero buildings, provided the
property and construction sectors with much needed clarity. Since its
release in 2019, there has been a significant shi in the global and UK
context driving up demand for net zero buildings, which is reflected in
feedback received from members and other industry stakeholders.
Due to this, UKGBC are currently undertaking a major project to
explore potential routes for a net zero carbon buildings verification
scheme in collaboration with wider industry bodies. Verification will
ensure robustness to net zero claims and will help catalyse industry-wide
transformation of our built environment. It is, therefore, vital that market
analysis is conducted to ensure any proposal delivers a scheme that will
genuinely work for the industry.
To better understand the market drivers, expectations and
characteristics for a potential net zero carbon buildings verification
scheme, the UKGBC is launching an industry survey that will inform next
steps to be undertaken by UKGBC and industry collaborators later in
2021.
Responding to BEIS consultations on performance-based policy and
performance-based ratings for commercial and industrial buildings,
the UKGBC welcomed recommendations for a mandatory performance
rating for all commercial and industrial buildings but argues that further
incentives and penalties could be required.
To take part in the survey visit www.getfeedback.com/r/h1I90bYu/
If you have any knowledge of FM news from across the world,
please feel free to get in touch with our assistant editor
Sarah O’Beirne email sarah.obeirne@kpmmedia.co.uk
AWA indicates
Inner London
could lose
835,000 jobs post
COVID-19
Two out of fi ve people living
and working in Inner London
could do their jobs elsewhere,
as workers adapt to new ways
of working prompted by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
This is according to analysis
of offi cial Government data
by global management
consultancy, Advanced
Workplace Associates (AWA),
who say that as many as
835,000 roles could be
relocated away from the 14
boroughs that make up Inner
London.
AWA has analysed which
jobs need to be based in
Inner London – with the
work associated with roles
in healthcare, education and
skilled trades unlikely to be
relocated, while customer
service, administration,
managerial and a signifi cant
amount of civil service work
could be to moved outside
Inner London.
It is estimated that 835,000
roles could move out of Inner
London, some 41 per cent of
the current workforce.
Founder of AWA, Andrew
Mawson, commented: “The
COVID-19 pandemic has
shown organisations and
their employees what can
be done in diff erent ways
and places than they’ve
traditionally been confi gured,
and raises all sorts of
questions about how we
organise work in the future.
Employers will wonder
whether they need as much
expensive Inner London
offi ce space, and workers will
question whether they need
to spend time and money
commuting if they don’t
need to.
“This raises important
questions for business and
policymakers about their
location strategies, property
needs, and transport
planning. It may prompt a
rethink of the role of central
London in the longer term.”
To read AWA’s report ‘The
Future of Work In Inner
London’ visit https://www.
advanced-workplace.com/
awa/research/whitepapers/
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