Building climate resilience into the built environment

by UCEM Academic Hazel Nash With extreme weather events on the rise, what can the built environment do to ensure buildings are climate resilient? There’s no question that climate change…

UCEM INSPIRE: experts define built environment sustainability leadership

In mid-July 2023, in line with the ‘Who We Influence’ strand of our Sustainability Strategy 2023, UCEM held the second of its INSPIRE events focused on the need for effective…

Making a business case for sustainability: why now is the time to act

If your business or client is falling behind in embracing sustainability and ESG, here's how to make the case for change. In the aftermath of recent climate disasters across the…

5 ways the built environment can avoid greenwashing

As an industry with such a pivotal role to play in the mission for a sustainable future, how can the built environment combat the rise of greenwashing? Greenwashing is rife…

How sustainability influences my work: Interview with alumnus Samantha Lloyd

Location Tarvin, Cheshire, England Career History MSc Building Surveying - 2022 Samantha started her professional career in interior design, specialising in bespoke kitchen design. Graduated from Liverpool John Moores University…

How sustainability influences my work: Interview with alumnus and UCEM academic David Hunt

Location Reading, England   Career History David started his journey in the built environment by studying for a BSc in Real Estate Management at the University of West Scotland. He…

How sustainability influences my work: Interview with alumnus Tracy Cousins

Location: Broadstairs, England Career journey: Diploma in Surveying – 2020   Tracy has worked in a variety of fields throughout her career from being a hypnotherapist, to a parts and…

How sustainability influences my work: Interview with alumnus Phoebe Farrell

Location London, England Career journey BSc (Hons) Real Estate Management - First Class Honours - 2020   Phoebe joined JLL in early 2015 as a secretary, moving on to becoming…

How sustainability influences my work: Interview with alumnus Stephen Varwell

📍 Isle of Skye, Scotland Career journey PG Diploma in Surveying – 2007 Before joining UCEM for his PGDip in 2005, Stephen studied at Aberdeen University for his undergraduate degree…

Climate chaos, societal change and the shifting role of the built environment

by Dr James Ritson, Programme Leader, MSc Building Surveying, University College of Estate Management As inhabitants, our relationship with the built environment is almost symbiotic, driving us forward and helping…

Breaking the path to appropriate, sustainable interventions

Breaking the path to appropriate, sustainable interventions

by Dr James Ritson, Programme Leader, MSc Building Surveying, University College of Estate Management In the UK, the residential housing stock accounts for 19.9% of all CO2 emissions. As pressure…

Get involved with Go Green Week 2023

As part of our sustainability student initiatives launched earlier this year, UCEM will be hosting its first ever Go Green Week later this month (24-28 April). The dedicated week has…