Listen to Ellie Burkill and Sara Godinho from XCO2 and Ryan P. from Daikin UK talk about whole life carbon on Nathan Gambling's award-winning podcast, BetaTalk - The Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Heating Podcast! Listen here

Ricardo Moreira comments on the ‘disappointingly low’ takeup of grants for the government’s £450m scheme to promote air-source and ground-source heat pumps. Read the full article here  

Senior Mechanical Engineer and Digital Lead, Aidan Kelly, will be presenting at this year's Build2Perform event at ExCel, London on 29th November. Catch Aidan at 13:30 in the Knowledge Theatre. Click here to register for…

We're pleased to share Ricardo's latest article for the RIBA Journal, 'How SketchUp plugin DesignPH can facilitate effective retrofit'. Click here for the article  

Associate Director, Matt Carlisle, attended the Futures Roundtable event in Singapore to discuss the impact COVID-19 and remote working have had on cities, and how we can make them more resilient and liveable in a…

Aidan Kelly, Mechanical Engineer and Digital Lead shares his views on automation in building services and talks about XCO2 Lab. "At XCO2, we have created the XCO2 Lab, an open group to identify time-intensive processes…

Hospitality Asia Forum, a three-day virtual conference is back this year on 8-10 December. Matt Carlisle, Associate Director will be joining the panel on the 8th to have an insightful chat about re-inventing or re-purposing…

Join us this Thursday at PHIST 2021- Sustainable Asia Re-defined, a live virtual event from Phuket, Thailand with Matt Carlisle and speakers from across Asia. Sign up here

On 5th October, Matthew Carlisle, Associate Director, was invited to speak at PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit to discuss innovation and real estate, as well as future trends the industry will encounter in the post-pandemic…

We're please to share an article on designing against overheating by our Managing Director, Ricardo Moreira, for the RIBA Journal. "In general, overheating targets and methodologies are becoming more challenging, but our changing climate means…

Step 1: Sit within 7m of your window with views to exterior to receive adequate amounts of sunlight. Adjust accordingly based on the amount of sunlight received. If possible, sit perpendicular to the window wall…

Amongst the many ambitious policies within the upcoming London Plan, the integration of the Urban Greening Factor (UGF) sets out the Mayor’s plan to follow the vein of Berlin and Malmö in facilitating the growth…

Resilience may be one of the defining issues of this coming century. There are global shifts already in motion, such as climate change, overpopulation, resource inequality and other chronic social and environmental stresses, which are…

The latest version of the London Plan, recently released for consultation, represents a major step forward for the capital and provides a textbook example for promoting sustainable, innovative design through a regulatory framework, which could…

Harvey and Irma. Memories of Katrina. A few weeks ago, you’d be forgiven for thinking this sounds like the latest X Factor sibling duo, or the title of a faded debutante’s autobiography. But instead of…

In the post-Brexit new order, there’s a chance, isn’t there, that battered cod, 16oC summers and a notoriously unfriendly capital city will not be enough in and of themselves to attract Europeans to work in…

By now most of you will know the winners of our Reinventing London's Housing for 2050 mini-design competition that we ran for Green Sky Thinking 2017, organised by Open City, as it has been widely…

With a new certification available to certify buildings in the Health and Wellbeing space, FITWEL is being branded ‘WELL-Lite’.  XCO2 investigate FITWEL, the latest Health and Wellbeing standard: is it the practical new WELL, or…

Public reporting, or a lack of it, has been big news lately. Clinton’s emails, Trump’s tax returns, Volkswagon’s fraudulent fuel efficiency stats, the reason for Brad and Angelina’s divorce… if there’s information available, the public…

The last week of September is World Green Building Week: the "flagship event of the global green building movement".   'Change Your Perspective, an evolution of Better Build Green' That's year's theme. It looks to build on previous…

Navigating your way through BREEAM criteria can be a chore: Which criteria are applicable? Do you need to consider any specific compliance notes? What are you responsible for providing? When do you need to produce…

The brief reappearance of hot weather fits nicely with a return to the subject of overheating in modern homes.  Following our 10 causes of overheating  it’s time to address what we can do to improve…

Considering the need for the industry to evolve quickly, combining business and legislative drivers to move towards nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB) the first step on the journey is to understand how we can achieve…

Everyone has a list. A list of things you want to do differently. A list of things that you would totally do if only you had the time, or if only you could stay motivated,…

In years gone by, a wizened individual, empowered with the task of educating me in the English language, stated that a solid dictionary definition was the perfect start to any piece of literature. A tried,…

The final version of the GLA’s Housing SPG was published in March this year, setting out the approach to London’s housing supply, quality and choice (amongst other things). Alongside this came updates to the London…

In 2002 it was US Rapper Nelly who predicted the 2003 European heat wave and first brought to light the issue of overheating in modern UK homes.  But should you have to “take off all…

Brexit. So it concludes. A majority of voters in the United Kingdom have turned out in favour of departure from the European Union, and we are plunging into uncertain territory for our nation. Uncertainty can foster…

The world is a dynamic place, and our surroundings are constantly changing, as are our desires and demands for new, better and more efficient products. And change is healthy, in moderation, but the rate of…

Last week, XCO2 were announced as runners up in the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards Built Environment category. The Awards Guardian Sustainable Business was originally set up to provide an independent perspective on how business is…

The future of the building industry is here. Headlined as ‘the next trillion dollar industry’¹, health and wellbeing in the building industry has been gaining momentum and popularity since the introduction of the WELL Building…

In the run up to our Green Sky Thinking event ‘Bridging the Zero Carbon Void’ (have we mentioned we’re hosting an event on Thursday?) we have released a series of blogs to provide a bit…

The building industry is sometimes perceived to be conservative and slow-moving; comfortable with ‘business as usual’ and lacking a collaborative integrated approach that is essential going forward. This has to change. There is no more…

This is a time of change in UK climate policy. There are many of us with a keen interest in tackling climate change but does anyone else feel like the government fall short of producing…

The XCO2 Energy team descended on Ecobuild last month, speaking at and attending over a dozen conferences and seminar sessions. We grilled a few manufacturers to get the insider info on what they think the next…

Last week we witnessed a sad moment for carbon-concerned constructors. The doors of the Zero Carbon Hub shut for the last time on the 31st March, leaving behind an empty hole in the industry for…

What does the Paris agreement mean for the green building industry? If COP21 had been the Global Warming Academy Awards, buildings would have won all the ‘Supporting’ Oscars. An unusual analogy perhaps, but fitting to…

Wednesday 3 December 2015 is an auspicious day for the built environment industry, especially those of us who are green at heart. It is the first “Buildings Day”, part of the COP21 conference in Paris…

With less than two months to go before the compliance deadline we thought it would be good to give you an update on the latest ESOS news and views. This is particularly timely as the…

If one chooses to spend their free time trawling the internet for news about climate change, it is a challenge not to be disheartened. A quick Google search at time of writing produced stories that…

Hot on the heels of a progress report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), tracking our progress towards reducing emissions and preparing for climate change, George Osborne has announced that the long-lauded plan for zero carbon…

The Paris 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNCCC) is less than 6 months away. To bridge the gap between views of citizens and the climate change policymakers a World Wide Views Day was held…

As a part of Green Sky Thinking Week, XCO2 and Innovate UK invite you to join us for an evening of presentations, discussions and networking, and learn from the findings of some of the 100 Building…

How will the removal of the Code for Sustainable Homes affect the implementation of future sustainable housing? What will this mean for the subsequent transition period? The news in 2014 was awash with articles regarding…

Discussion about how ESOS is a missed opportunity for gathering data, benchmarking and sharing good practice. Is there potential for developing a new, revised approach to ESOS? How can we get energy efficiency measures to…

So a lot has been made of ESOS and the potential it has to positively impact UK businesses (to the tune of £1.6bn according to DECC’s impact assessment) but will it really live up to…

First steps for clients prior to engaging an assessor.  What is the role of the Lead Assessor? How does the chosen route influence cost and outcomes of the process? Do the skills of the auditor…

The basics of ESOS – qualification criteria, timelines, compliance routes and tools. What are the advantages and disadvantages? What are the exceptions and the loopholes in the framework? New year, new regs! There were two…

The housing market is an area of near constant discussion and debate, especially so in London.  Development is on the rise and we are faced with the significant challenge of needing to build a couple…

The long journey to zero carbon in the UK saw another milestone as the UK-GBC launched a consultation on the zero carbon definition for the non-domestic sector at the start of the year.  With this…