Our latest ASBP newsletter is out. us5.campaign-archive.com?u=c613327e65... There’s info on some great October events. #ReUseNow topics (in-person & webinars). Plus free training events throughout the UK during Natural Fibre Insulation Week. #NFIWeek2025. @woodknowledgewales.bsky.social

UK sustainability finance rules must go further, says Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. ICAS's Fiona Donnelly said “More comprehensive & holistic reporting would be achieved by expanding these standards to include reporting on the impact of organisations on the environment and society”

Regenerative thinking when using timber looks beyond “do no harm” and sources materials that encourage biodiversity net gain. Join us for a discussion on forest biodiversity metrics, supply chain mapping, and how certification underpins responsible sourcing. 25 Sept 2025 asbp.org.uk/events/bridg...

Join us for a free webinar on the IMPACTT (Innovative Mapping and Processes to Advance Construction Timber Transparency) project. asbp.org.uk/events/bridg... 25th September 2025 | 12:30-14:00 | online #CLT #Biodiversity #Timber #SustainableForests #SupplyChainsTranparency

Call out to all those involved in and with timber in construction, the ASBP is collaborating with several like minded organisations to define gaps in guidance and research to support the industry to #reuse more timber. Please complete and share - thank you! docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...

Our August newsletter is out - us5.campaign-archive.com?u=c613327e65... Announcing our new collaboration with Healthy Materials Lab, @b-road89.bsky.social joining Caber at UWE, and IMPACTT shortlisted for STA Award. Plus events focusing on #ReUseNow and natural building materials.

In-person events/training by our Members asbp.org.uk/partner-memb... 28-29 Aug 2025. A 2-day course on lime by Ty-Mawr, Wales. 28 Aug 2025. Ask the Ecological Building Systems experts, Swindon. 3-7 Sept 2025. A @schoolofnatbuild.bsky.social 5-day practical straw bale building course in Devon.

#ReUseNow events: asbp.org.uk/upcomingevents REUSING CONCRETE IN CONSTRUCTION 7 Oct 2025 | 12:30-14:00 | online 2025 REUSE SUMMIT 16 Oct 2025 | 13:00-18:00 |London #ReUseNow #ResourceEfficiency #Reuse #WholeLifeCarbon #MaterialPassports #CircularEconomy #LCA #PreDemAudits #Deconstruction

Join us for a free webinar on the IMPACTT (Innovative Mapping and Processes to Advance Construction Timber Transparency) project. asbp.org.uk/events/bridg... 25th September 2025 | 12:30-14:00 | online #CLT #Biodiversity #Timber #SustainableForests #SupplyChainsTranparency

Upcoming #ReUseNow events asbp.org.uk/upcomingevents REUSING CONCRETE IN CONSTRUCTION 07-10-2025 | 12:30-14:00 | online. 2025 REUSE SUMMIT 16-10-2025 | 13:00-18:00 | London.

Coming up in October, the 2025 #ReUseNow Summit, with a focus on the link between reuse, risk mitigation, and resilience. It will highlight practical, strategic pathways to reduce embodied carbon, strengthen supply chains and future-proof business. 16 Oct 2025 London asbp.org.uk/upcomingevents

BECCS boosts the carbon story for timber: "Bioenergy with carbon capture & storage (BECCS) could potentially capture & permanently store over 90% the carbon sequestered in timber building materials. BECCS would prevent release of stored biogenic carbon from the timber element at end-of-life" ARUP

Call out to all those involved in and with timber in construction, the ASBP is collaborating with several like minded organisations to define gaps in guidance and research to support the industry to #reuse more timber. Please complete and share - thank you! docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...

IMPACTT project - shortlisted for STA Pioneer of the Year Award asbp.org.uk/asbp-news/as... Many know about the benefits of using timber in construction, but what about the impact it has on the environment - in particular on the forests in which it is grown? IMPACTT aims to address this question

📣A brilliant new resource from the Sustainable Traditional Building Alliance! The report helps professionals make better informed decisions when specifying insulation systems in traditional buildings. Greengauge Director Toby Cambray is one of its co-authors. stbauk.org/retrofit-...

Hands-on training courses in August. asbp.org.uk/partner-member-events: @schoolofnatbuild.bsky.social 5-day practical course on clay plastering onto #strawbale walls. BE-ST @be-stbuild.bsky.social #Passvihaus Practical Training by @coaction.bsky.social. Ty-Mawr 2-day course on lime in buildings.

Our latest newsletter is out - us5.campaign-archive.com?u=c613327e65... - with our new Natural Fibre Insulation guide, #PlasticFreeJuly resources, and Autumn events. We welcome our latest Patron Member, McLaren Construction, and flag up events by our Members/Partners.

Hands-on training by our Members asbp.org.uk/partner-member-events Womersley's Two restoration methods - plastic stone repair and grouting Ty Mawr 2-day Lime course in the Brecon Beacons National Park @schoolofnatbuild.bsky.social 5-day practical course on clay plastering onto straw-bale walls.

🏡 New from the SHELTER project: What’s holding back the shift to offsite construction + biobased building materials in UK housebuilding? 🔎 Find out in the latest findings from this YESI Knowledge Exchange project. Read more 👉 buff.ly/6M04S1g #SustainableHousing @asbpuk.bsky.social

Events by our Members/Partners asbp.org.uk/partner-member-events natureplus Late Lunch webinar Elliott Wood: Regenerative Design Open House Ecological Building Systems: Meet the experts at NSBRC. ACAN Carbon Clinic. #WLCA Tools in Practice 2x Womersley’s 1-day lime courses in West Yorkshire

Hear about Denmark’s successful Reduction Roadmap #EmbodiedCarbon Story. Could #PartZ do the same for the UK? Webinar recording now available: asbp.org.uk/webinar-reco... With Reduction Roadmap’s Fabian Lecker & Sinus Lynge of EFFEKT Architects; and Part Z’s Tim den Dekker & Will Arnold.

It’s #PlasticFreeJuly. Check out the list of resources we’ve compiled to help you reduce plastics in construction. asbp.org.uk/asbp-news/pl...

Calling #retrofit architects, engineers and coordinators. Have your say in improving future retrofit skills training by taking a short survey @transforming-homes.bsky.social. asbp.org.uk/asbp-news/wh...

Join us for a #ReUseNow webinar ‘Reusing Timber in Construction’ as we explore practical approaches, case studies, and insights into reclaiming and reusing timber. 15 July 2025 & 12:30. asbp.org.uk/events/reusi... @debbieward16.bsky.social @woodknowledgewales.bsky.social @reusefully.bsky.social

☔ Taking the risk out of moisture Niddrie Road retrofit in Glasgow was recently shortlisted in the Sustainable Development Foundation Exemplar Sustainable Building Awards - with very good reason. @passivhaustrust.bsky.social @asbpuk.bsky.social

Events by our Members/Partners asbp.org.uk/partner-member-events Online •‘The Greenest House' @thegreenregister.bsky.social • Transforming homes at scale @transforming-homes.bsky.social •Wood Fibre Insulation •Foam Glass Aggregate In-person •Breathaplasta Demo Days •Intelligent Demolition Planning

#PlasticFreeJuly Want to reduce plastic waste on construction sites? Check out ZAP, the free Zero Avoidable Packaging Waste in Construction Toolkit - with tools, templates & case studies to help you cut out unnecessary plastics. asbp.org.uk/project/zap-...

We’re delighted to see a Whole Life Carbon Assessment tool win the Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Award (Initiatives). PACER (by Preoptima) enables Local Planning Authorities to enforce Whole Life Carbon policies in the planning process youtu.be/Ovme5pANYMI?... #SDF2025 #ASBPawards #PHTawards

It’s #PlasticFreeJuly. Check out the list of resources we’ve compiled to help you reduce plastics in construction. asbp.org.uk/asbp-news/pl...

Anyone else working thru a mountain of #retrofit related consultations? Turns out @scottishgov.bsky.social #HEETSA condoc doesn’t help insomnia and I’ve consumed it overnight. Very welcome move to accredit advice beyond #EPCs. Nice mention for @ecofurb.bsky.social 1/n www.gov.scot/publications...

Calling #retrofit architects, engineers and coordinators. Have your say in improving future retrofit skills training by taking a short survey @transforming-homes.bsky.social. asbp.org.uk/asbp-news/wh...

Our latest newsletter is out with news updates and events - plus links to 2 new resources @woodknowledgewales.bsky.social: * ESECT Early Statge Embodied Carbon Tool for low rise housing. * Construction as a Significant Greenhouse Gas Removal Mechanism report us5.campaign-archive.com?u=c613327e65...

There’s a great selection of online events this week on our Members and Partners Events webpage -> asbp.org.uk/partner-memb... . * Keim UK * @reusefully.bsky.social * @transforming-homes.bsky.social * @aecb.bsky.social @bethwilliamsse.bsky.social * Supply Chain Sustainabilty School * Mike Wye

It’s #PlasticFreeJuly, and we're highlighting what can be done to reduce plastics in construction asbp.org.uk/asbp-news/pl... Find out how to reduce plastic use with our Interactive House! Explore the online House to find healthier, more environmentally friendly products asbp.org.uk/tool/asbp-in...

In-person events by our Members / Partners asbp.org.uk/partner-memb... 08/07 Devon. Adaptavate Breathaplasta live Demo Day 10/07 Swindon. Ecological Building Systems technical advisors at NSBRC 10/07 17:30 London. @good-homes.bsky.social Guidance Launch of ‘Water Efficiency and Reuse in Housing’

It’s #PlasticFreeJuly, and we're highlighting what can be done to reduce plastics in construction asbp.org.uk/asbp-news/pl... Find out how to reduce plastic use with our Interactive House! Explore the online House to find healthier, more environmentally friendly products asbp.org.uk/tool/asbp-in...

Events coming up this week by our Members/ Partners, including two from members of the ASBP Lime Group. asbp.org.uk/partner-memb... . #ClimateAction #SustainableBuildingProducts #Retrofit #Heritage #SkillsGap #Renovation #EnergyEfficiency #ThermalComfort #NetZero #BuildingPerformance

@ecococon.bsky.social straw panels is the winner! Their Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards presentation included a video of the Old Holloway straw panel project by @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social. Watch it + all the finalists’ videos www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #SDF2025 #ASBPawards #PHTawards

3 exceptional retrofit projects made it to the Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards finals - but only 1 could win. Congratulations Progress in Practice. esba.uk Watch videos of all the finalists here www.youtube.com/playlist?lis.... #SDF2025 #ASBPawards #PHTawards @passivhaustrust.bsky.social

The Seed Co-housing by Kirsty Maguire was voted ‘Winner’ of the Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards (Small Projects) esba.uk Find out what made this project stand out. Watch videos of all the finalists. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #SDF2025 #ASBPawards #PHTawards @passivhaustrust.bsky.social

The #Passivhaus social housing development, Goldsmith Street by Mikhail Riches wins the Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards (Large Projects) esba.uk Watch short videos of all the Awards finalists: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis.... #SDF2025 #ASBPawards #PHTawards @passivhaustrust.bsky.social

🏆 The Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards #ESBA winners are in! Congrats to The Seed Cohousing, EcoCocon, and PACER for leading the way in low-carbon, high-performance homes. 🌱 @passivhaustrust.bsky.social @asbpuk.bsky.social goodhomes.org.uk/news/exempla...

And the winners of the Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards are . . .

🌱 Strawsome news 🌱 @ecococon.bsky.social panels have been crowned best product at the 2025 Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards in London last night! Thanks for organising and support @passivhaustrust.bsky.social @asbpuk.bsky.social 🙏 Let's make biobased construction mainstream 💪

Tilmann Kramolisch of natureplus introduces the Products finalists at the Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards.

Next up at the Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards Ceremony, the Retrofit Projects. - Entopia Building, Cambridge by Architype and Max Fordham. - Niddrie Road, Glasgow by JohnGilbert Architects. - Ward Grove, Manchester by Progress in Practice. #SDF2025 #ASBPawards #PHTawards

Next up at the Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards Finals are the Small Projects. #SDF2025 #PHTawards #ASBPawards

Our thanks to the sponsors of the Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards. Penny Randell of Gold Sponsor, Ecological Building Systems, joined us today for the Awards Ceremony, to express their delight in supporting these awards.

The Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards Finals commence . . .

In-person events by @asbpuk.bsky.social Members. asbp.org.uk/partner-memb... LONDON 25/06 KEIM Paint 25/06 Circular Steel 26/06 One Click LCA: Carbon Experts Swindon 26/06 Ecological Building Systems 26&27/06 Ty Mawr Intro to Lime 27/06 to 29/06 @passivhaustrust.bsky.social Passivhaus Open Days