Construction emissions ‘a national scandal’, says ACAN
The carbon footprint of the UK construction industry is ‘a national scandal’, a new campaign from the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) argues
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In the face of a climate emergency, ACAN warns that the industry’s carbon footprint is larger than the entire national carbon footprints of 149 countries around the world, coming in at just under 50MtCO2e (metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) – around 10 per cent of total UK emissions.
In proposing a shift towards re-use of existing buildings, the AJ’s own RetroFirst campaign has also been highlighting this category of emissions, which has been largely overlooked by national government until now but is included in the new London Plan’s regulations.
Turner & Townsend has been appointed project manager on the new £200m Cambridge Children’s Hospital.
The new hospital will be built on the existing Cambridge Biomedical Campus in the city. It will integrate mental and physical healthcare, along with a centre for genomic and psychological research.
The consultant will deliver project management, design team management, stakeholder management and cost management services. Design work will be carried out in partnership with architect Hawkins\Brown and White Arkitekter. Ramboll is set to provide all engineering services, while MJ Medical will bring international healthcare planning expertise to the project.
Turner & Townsend director of healthcare project management Clinton Green said: “Cambridge Children’s Hospital will be a world-leading facility for healthcare and clinical research and the combined experience of the design team is well matched for the bold ambition of this project.”
Winners of the 2020 RIBA President s Medal for Research and Research Awards
By Alexander Walter|
Friday, Jan 22, 2021
Surface details of probiotic tile showing the textural, porous surface of the probiotic zone. All images courtesy of RIBA.
RIBA this week revealed the winners of the President s Awards for Research, a program established in 2006 to reward and encourage research in the fields of architecture and the built environment.
From the award winners in the four categories Climate Change, Cities and Community, Design and Technical, and History and Theory, the jury selected the work Probiotic Design by Richard Beckett from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London as the recipient of the 2020 RIBA President s Medal for Research.