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The views from RICS

Interesting article here

Six years on from the Government’s publication of its strategy to promote sustainable construction - “Building a Better Quality of Life”, RICS asked quantity surveyors to assess how well the industry has progressed in becoming more energy efficient and socially or environmentally responsible.

Unsurprisingly, developers are seen as the stakeholders contributing least to the issue. Cost is seen as a barrier, although the article points out this might not actually be the truth. And Cyril Sweett have an ‘Associate Director of Sustainability’ Isabel McAllister, who incidentally is a fellow Bespoke BREEAM assessor.  The marketing of sustainability in the UK construction industry fascinates me…

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