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Social value report launch

June 30, 2020

Infrastructure projects can, and should, deliver many more benefits for individuals, communities and local economies Infrastructure is essential for society to function – it provides means of transportation, energy supply, […]

By Jo Dobson

Tags: Featured, Infrastructure, Social value

Judith Sykes wins award!

June 23, 2020

Congratulations to Director of Useful Projects Judith who has been named as one of the Top 50 winners of The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) Women in Engineering: Sustainability awards! The WE50 is an awards programme created […]

By Jo Dobson

Circular Economy in Action – Part IV

June 17, 2020

Infrastructure and the Circular Economy Infrastructure designers and providers have enormous potential to make a positive contribution to society, as well as a responsibility for the long lifespan and significant […]

By Ralf Claussner

Tags: BuildBackBetter, Carbon, Circular Economy, Featured

Circular Economy in Action – Part III

May 26, 2020

Ground breaking Circular Economy planning policy The UK construction industry’s appetite for over 50% of the UK’s total raw material demand and its role as producer of over 60% of […]

By Ralf Claussner

Tags: BuildBackBetter, Circular Economy

Circular Economy in Action – Part II

May 18, 2020

Five steps to success for a Circular Economy in the built environment The delivery of projects in the built environment is a complex undertaking. As a result, the sector is […]

By Ralf Claussner

Tags: BuildBackBetter, Carbon, Circular Economy

Circular Economy in Action – Part I

May 11, 2020

Sharing Insights 2020 has the potential to become a breakthrough year for the Circular Economy. With more than a decade of experience in working on circular solutions across industries, there […]

By Ralf Claussner

Call for Abstracts – Social Value

May 4, 2020

Members of the UP team, Judith Sykes and Carrie Behar, are editing a themed issue of the ICE’s Engineering Sustainability journal, on the topic of Social Value in Infrastructure Delivery. […]

By Carrie Behar

Tags: Infrastructure, Innovation, Research, Social value

Tackling the Climate Crisis

April 27, 2020

Tackling the Climate Crisis The Oxford Dictionary chose climate emergency as the word of the year in 2019 and defines the term as: “A situation in which urgent action is required to reduce […]

By Sapna Halai

Tags: Carbon, Climate Emergency, Energy

Environmental impacts of error

April 20, 2020

Error – The elephant in the room when we talk about sustainability in construction In 2019, almost every professional institution associated with the UK construction industry has declared a Climate […]

By Ralf Claussner

Tags: Carbon, Circular Economy, Materials, Waste

COVID-19 Update

March 20, 2020

In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, here is a brief update for our clients and collaborators. We have shifted to full remote working. Whilst having 100% of our people […]

By Jo Dobson

Low Energy Retrofit of UK Housing

October 2, 2019

View of Sustainable Architecture Festival Venue

Design professionals have enormous potential to make a positive impact when working on low energy refurbishment projects, but are also faced with a multitude of challenges, including limited budgets and […]

By Carrie Behar

Tags: Architecture, Energy, Housing, Retrofit

We’re a Social Enterprise

September 4, 2019

Useful Projects is a Certified Social Enterprise, but what does this mean in practice? What is a Social Enterprise? Social enterprises are one of the most exciting and fastest growing […]

By Jo Dobson

Tags: Featured, social enterprise

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