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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Problematic resources The UN’s annual Conference of the Parties (COP) has moved the disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions into the focus of the public, policymakers and businesses. But while the […]
In August 2016 Useful Projects and the other Useful Simple Trust (UST) companies relocated to a new office in The Clove Building, near Tower Bridge. This gave us the opportunity […]
Last week, Carrie Behar attended the University of London’s Zero Carbon Challenge event, where a team of committed professionals worked together to ‘crowd source’ an ambitious sustainability strategy for the […]
