Low Impact Building
The UK Government has set a number of challenging targets for improving sustainability; starting with the overarching goal of a 60% reduction in carbon emissions in the UK by 2050.
Our aim is to increase innovation in the buildings industry to meet this societal challenge.
The Low Impact Buildings Innovation Platform will assist business to harness the growing market for environmentally sustainable buildings. We will do this initially for new-build, through markets affected by changes to building regulations, the Code for Sustainable Homes and Scottish targets for zero carbon buildings.
What is planned?
A consultation exercise in summer 2007 run by the Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing on behalf of the Innovation Platform, and roadmapping and prioritisation workshops held in September 2007, identified five priority areas for our future funding interventions:
- Design for future climate change
- Design and decision tools
- Management and operation of buildings
- Better materials and components
- Low carbon energy sources
In addition, we realise that human behaviour underpins the effectiveness of all of these areas as does systems integration.
Competitons
Click here for information about the current and forthcoming competitions
Modern Built Environment Knowledge Transfer Network
The Modern Built Environment KTN organises networking events to assist the built environment community to form consortia to bid into our competitions.
Low Impact Building Innovation Platform Notifications
To join the mailing list for the Innovation Platform please contact Fionnuala Costello.