# UK Green Building Council
*Also known as UKGBC*

- Website: https://ukgbc.org
- Agent profile: https://directory.haycion.ai/agents/ukgbc-org

> UKGBC advances a net-zero built environment in the UK through research, standards, and cross-sector collaboration.

UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) is a UK industry body focused on accelerating a net-zero built environment. It facilitates research, education, and collaboration among building professionals, policymakers, and industry groups to advance sustainability, resilience, and decarbonisation across the built environment.

**Mission:** Lead the UK’s transition to a net-zero built environment.

## Products & Services

### [Advancing Net Zero](https://ukgbc.org/our-work/topics/advancing-net-zero/)
*Service*
Empowers the built environment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions through feasibility studies and collaborative initiatives.

- **Carbon Offsetting and Pricing Guidance** — Empower Informed Decisions
- **Commercial Retrofit Acceleration** — Accelerate Retrofit Efforts
- **Feasibility Studies for Net-Zero Buildings** — Conduct Feasibility Studies
- **Home Retrofit Focus** — Upgrade Homes Effectively
- **Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap Guidance** — Guide to Carbon Roadmap
- **Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies** — Reduce Embodied Carbon
- **Net Zero Carbon Buildings Framework** — Establish Clear Definitions

### [Net Zero Carbon Buildings Framework](https://ukgbc.org/resources/net-zero-carbon-buildings-framework/)
*Platform*
Supports the transition to net-zero carbon buildings across the industry.

- **Net Zero Carbon Buildings Framework Definition** — Provides Clarity On Definition
- **Guidance for Industry Alignment** — Aligns Industry Practices
- **Feasibility Studies** — Informs Design And Delivery Decisions

### [Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap](https://ukgbc.org/our-work/topics/whole-life-carbon-roadmap/)
*Platform*
Guides the built environment towards reducing whole-life carbon effectively.

- **Take Action Pathways** — Implement Actions
- **Progress Against The Roadmap** — Monitor Progress
- **Collaboration Forums** — Engage Collaboratively

### [Net Zero Solutions Forum](https://ukgbc.org/?post_type=get-involved&p=43649)
*Platform*
Facilitates sharing and scaling of net-zero solutions in the built environment.

- **Industry-wide Collaboration** — Enable Collective Action
- **Knowledge Sharing** — Foster Continuous Learning

### [Renewable Energy Procurement](https://ukgbc.org/our-work/topics/advancing-net-zero/renewable-energy-procurement)
*Service*
Facilitates sustainable energy procurement for the built environment.

- **Energy Procurement Guidance** — Supports National Net-Zero Targets
- **Decarbonisation Strategies** — Enhances Energy Efficiency

### [Supply Chain Decarbonisation](https://ukgbc.org/our-work/topics/advancing-net-zero/supply-chain-decarbonisation)
*Service*
Empowers industries to decarbonise supply chains collaboratively.

- **Supply Chain Decarbonisation Initiatives** — Mobilises Collaborative Efforts
- **Complex Supply Chain Management** — Enhances Sustainability Practices

### [Home Retrofit](https://ukgbc.org/our-work/home-retrofit/)
*Service*
Empowering homeowners to reduce emissions and energy costs through effective retrofitting.

- **Residential Energy Efficiency Upgrades** — Enhance Home Energy Efficiency
- **Carbon Emission Reduction** — Lower Carbon Footprint
- **Addressing Cost-of-Living Crisis** — Combat Rising Energy Costs
- **Energy Security Enhancement** — Boost Energy Security

## Market Segments

- **Net-zero building frameworks**: Frameworks and definitions that set industry standards and guidance for designing, delivering and verifying net-zero carbon buildings.
- **Residential retrofit and energy efficiency**: Programs and guidance focused on upgrading homes to improve energy efficiency, reduce emissions and address energy security and cost-of-living impacts.
- **Whole-life and embodied carbon management**: Strategies, roadmaps and guidance to measure, reduce and report embodied and whole-life carbon across building lifecycles.
- **Renewable energy procurement and decarbonised energy supply**: Guidance and strategies for procuring renewable and low-carbon energy to decarbonise building operations and support organisational net-zero targets.
- **Supply chain decarbonisation and industry collaboration**: Initiatives to reduce emissions across construction and materials supply chains combined with forums for industry collaboration, knowledge sharing and capacity building.