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Webinar | 15 June 2021

UKRI The Net Zero series: Towards a sustainable future - Sustainable Buildings

Date :
15 June 2021
Time :
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Event Type :
Webinar

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The net zero series sheds light on the work already undertaken by UKRI’s flagship programme -the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

We live in a time of unprecedented change. The way we live our lives and do business is impacting the planet and driving environmental change on a scale unique in the Earth’s history. We are consuming our natural resources at unprecedented levels whilst polluting our environment, affecting our air, soils, water and biodiversity. This is increasing the challenges linked to extreme weather and a changing climate which can have devastating impacts on the environment and human life and hinder economic growth. To meet these challenges, and recognising our leadership potential, in 2019 the UK became the first major economy to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.

The net zero series sheds light on the work already undertaken by UKRI’s flagship programme -the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to address the key challenges that will help the UK build back greener. It will bring together world-renowned researchers and innovators across the breadth of our funding disciplines to discuss the need for innovative solutions to heat our homes, travel to work, develop and transform our industries, cater to our diet, enjoy our leisure time, and prosper from a cleaner, healthier environment in parallel with growing our economy.

UKRI run a monthly webinar from April to November featuring ISCF challenges, UKRI councils and project leads, as well as renowned external experts from academia, industry and technology fields.

This month’s webinar focuses on Sustainable Buildings

In the UK, the buildings account for around 20% of emissions. Last year the government published its 10-point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, setting out a path to Net Zero by 2050. Moving towards net zero will mean step-changes in the way we construct, maintain and power our buildings and infrastructure. Building better first time round will ease the burden of having to decarbonise in the future. To this end, the Transforming Construction Challenge has been making transformational changes to support industry to accelerate the shift away from a system that delivers the cheapest outcome to one with maximum value to society. This session will explore how government, construction, energy and manufacturing is working together, scaling up and increasing adoption of net zero technologies and approaches to dramatically bring down the emissions of our built environment.