Low Impact Buildings Innovation Platform

This £53M platform aims to help th UK construction industry deliver buildings with a much lower environmental impact, responding to growing demands from customers and regulators. The UK cannot meet its declared environmental targets without dramatically improving the life-cycle environmental cost of buildings. The UK construction market is worth over £100bn per year, and there is growing pressure from customers and regulators for more environmentally friendly buildings, creating new growth opportunities for innovative businesses. The UK Government has set a number of challenging targets for improving sustainability, starting with the overarching goal of an 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in the UK by 2050. Some of the largest environmental impacts in the UK come from buildings. These include: