Explore our Videos | UKGBC https://ukgbc.org/our-work-types/video/ The voice of our sustainable built environment Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:18:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://ukgbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-UKGBC-favicon-1.png Explore our Videos | UKGBC https://ukgbc.org/our-work-types/video/ 32 32 So What Can I Do? – UKGBC Video Guides to Sustainability https://ukgbc.org/resources/so-what-can-i-do-ukgbc-video-guides-to-sustainability/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:37:52 +0000 https://ukgbc.org/?post_type=resource&p=59200 This video series will help you understand sustainability in the built environment - and identify what role you can play in its transformation.

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]]> This series will introduce you to the core concepts of creating a sustainable built environment, how you can mitigate your use of fossil fuels and resources, what innovative solutions you can implement around nature and resilience and what actions you can take in your organisation to radically transform the built environment.

These videos were made with the generous support of CBRE.

The whole series is available to UKGBC members.

View the whole series here

What does this series cover?

  1. An introduction to sustainability in the built environment. This video will introduce you to the overarching principles of sustainability in the built environment, why it matters and what we can do about it.
  2. Climate mitigation. This video will explain what carbon is and why we need to act to reduce our carbon emissions.
  3. Nature and biodiversity. This video will explain why and how we need to act to protect and promote nature and how our buildings can interact and help our natural ecosystems.
  4. Climate adaptation. This video will explain why and how we need to adapt our buildings and communities to protect form the increasing threats of climate.
  5. Resource use and circular economy. This video will explain how we can shift our economy to minimise waste and maximise the resources we extract.
  6. Health, wellbeing and social value. This video will explain how our built environment can affect our health and wellbeing and how we can positively impact our local communities by considering social value in development.
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Watch the full series on the UKGBC Member Portal

Why watch the videos?

This video series is designed for members who need help taking their first step on their sustainability journey in the built environment. Whether you’re completely new to the subject matter or need a quick refresher before a meeting, these videos can help.

Discover the passion and stories behind the UKGBC team members who are driving change and learn how they became involved in the fight against the climate crisis.

You can gain insights from subject matter experts on the current state of play, and discover solutions to the issues faced in the built environment.

Most importantly – the videos will help you discover what YOU can do to help radically transform the built environment.

Using these videos in your organisation

If you’re a member organisation, and you’d like to share these videos internally via your own learning management system, UKGBC can offer the full series for a small admin fee of £250 (+VAT) for members only. Please contact learning@UKGBC.org for more information.

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Funding for these videos came from:

Advancing Net Zero Partners

Our Advancing Net Zero work is made possible thanks to our programme partners

Resilience & Nature Partners

Our climate change adaptation work is supported by our Resilience & Nature Partners.

Building Life

With thanks to our Building Life partners for their ongoing support

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]]> Extraction: a conversation on biodiversity at Lough Neagh https://ukgbc.org/resources/extraction-a-conversation-on-biodiversity-at-lough-neagh/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:28:47 +0000 https://ukgbc.org/?post_type=resource&p=59203 This short film highlights the pressing issues of material extraction and biodiversity loss by focusing on a single location.

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This short film highlights the pressing issues of material extraction and biodiversity loss by focusing on a single location. Its purpose is to spark a conversation about global material extraction and supply chains. We are in the midst of a biodiversity crisis, and it’s not just a single project, extraction site, or supply chain that’s at fault. Collectively, we must become better informed and aware of our impact on the planet.

UKGBC set up a task force to examine the impact of material extraction by the construction industry. Read more about our Embodied Ecological Impacts work, where you will find our mitigation hierarchy, framework recommendations and material impact ratings.

Learn more about the issues at Lough Neagh and why it was the focus of this short film

A 4 minute version of this film is available here.

Check out some of the audience reactions here or here.

Credits:  

With huge thanks to:  

  • James Orr and the team at Friends of the Earth  
  • Kiran Pereira, Sand Stories  
  • Mary McGuiggan, local resident and campaigner  
  • Tommy Greene, Journalist  
  • Christopher Hackney, Newcastle University  
  • Ian Bruce, Artist  
  • The Estate of Seamus Heaney and Faber & Faber Publishing for live usage rights of ‘A Lough Neagh Sequence’ which was read at the event by Mary McGuiggan but is unavailable for this video. 

Embodied Ecological Impacts

The impact of the materials we use in our built environment is not limited to carbon emissions. This knowledge hub explores the global ecological impacts of the building materials we use in the UK, and how to avoid harm and maximise nature-positivity.
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