Useful Projects | Innovators in Sustainable Development

We are sustainability consultants for the built environment, specialising in:

• Climate and biodiversity emergency

• Circular economy

• Social value and wellbeing

• Design thinking and creativity

Projects

On behalf of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Useful Projects is undertaking a research project into social value within the infrastructure sector. A 2015 review of the Public Services […]

Social Value in Infrastructure

Research

Useful Projects was appointed to work with the London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) and the Greater London Authority (GLA) to develop guidance describing a new method for producing Circular […]

Policy Guidance for London

Circular Economy Policy

Central Bedfordshire is a hub of thriving market towns at the heart of the UK’s motorway, rail and air networks, only 30 minutes from London. Substantial growth is planned for […]

Central Bedfordshire

Sustainability Plan

Blog

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 […]

Circular Economy in Action – Part III

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. […]

Call for Abstracts – Social Value

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 […]