University of the Built Environment
A monthly exploration into the world of sustainability in the built environment with commentary and input from University of the Built Environment’s Vice Chancellor and academics.
By Dr Claire Hookham Head - School of Business and Law There are certain images that instantly evoke Hong Kong: the Star Ferry crossing Victoria Harbour, neon signs illuminating narrow…
By Claire Hookham There are few things that make me forget that I am an Associate Professor of Management quite as effectively as standing in a stadium waiting for Bon…
By Linda Serck Across Britain’s towns and cities, planners are increasingly asking whether new homes really need to come with a parking space. Reading’s Station Hill, with around 600 flats…
With tributes to country singer Dolly Parton pouring in, Dr Claire Hookham, Associate Professor of Management and Business Education and Programme Leader for our MBA, takes a look at the…
By Linda Serck From Battersea Power Station’s painstakingly restored chimneys to the digitally modelled concrete shell of V&A Dundee, architectural technologists help turn ambitious designs into reality. But how do…
By Matthew Smith and Linda Serck Hosepipe bans are rife across England during August 2026’s drought, yet Europe’s largest data-centre cluster in Slough is guzzling millions of litres a day…
By Linda Serck Hong Kong building professional and former student Cr Sr Tang Chi Wang spoke to us about how Hong Kong is using relocatable modular homes to ease the…
By Linda Serck An Architectural Design Technology degree can open the door to a wide range of careers, from coordinating the technical delivery of buildings to managing the digital information…
By Linda Serck Ask most people who shapes a new housing development and they will probably point to planners, architects or developers. Yet behind every project that makes it from…
Following his appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Money Box Live: House Sale Nightmares, Associate Professor David Hourihan examines whether proposed reforms can bring greater speed and certainty to the homebuying…
Artificial intelligence is already being used across the built environment, but the sector needs to move from fragmented experimentation towards responsible, professional and accountable adoption, finds the new ‘Mapping the AI Landscape in…
By Dr Mahmoud Dhimish Programme leader, MSc Renewable Energy and AI In July 2026, The Guardian reported that Derril Water solar park in north Devon, described as Britain’s largest community-owned solar…
