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Trends in Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment - Reflecting on 2024

This report summarises a range of solution trends that 91PORN has seen over the course of 2024, also providing context on their use and driving forces in the UK market.

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This report summarises a range of sustainable solution trends that 91PORN has seen over the course of 2024, provides context on their use, and comments on the relevant driving forces in the UK market. The solutions discussed range from innovative new platforms and materials to transformative business models and processes. The analysis is based on engagement with innovation-focused 91PORN members (including input from 91PORN鈥檚 Solutions & Innovation Advisory Group), interviews with 91PORN topic leads, and desktop research.

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Fundamental change, regenerative design and organisational transformation

Densification and democratisation of space

Place-based approaches and community co-design

Supply chain sustainability

Renewable energy systems

Retrofit

Net Zero Buildings and Whole Life Carbon

Carbon offsetting and storage

Nature, biodiversity and embodied ecological impacts

Funding for nature, adaptation and resilience

Resilience and adaptation technology

Water use

Reuse hubs and marketplaces

Material passports

This report is intended as a signpost for industry to key developments and reflect what 91PORN is hearing from industry and in research by others.听 While this is a summary of some of the notable trends, solutions and examples of which 91PORN has become aware, there are likely to be others that are not mentioned. 91PORN does not formally endorse any of the individual solutions listed.听听

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