Solutions
A library of practical, real-world solutions for a variety of challenges faced in the built environment.
Sensors to monitor residential air quality
Monitoring air quality in social and other housing to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for residents.
Air-purifying, photocatalytic, natural paint
A high-tech paint which actively cleans the air and absorbs carbon dioxide.
Toilet Leak Sensors
Identify toilet leaks using temperature sensors to reduce wasted water.
System to flush toilets with waste water from AC units
Enabling waste condensate from air conditioning units to be stored and recycled as flushing water for toilets to reduce water footprints.
Waste monitoring sensors
Monitor waste production using artificial intelligence and gamification to engage the community and increase recycling.
Reused Steel Stockmatcher
A tool to facilitate fast and accurate stock matching of reused steel in building designs.
BNG Screening Tool
Estimating a development site’s viability in terms of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and allowing nature to be placed at the forefront of strategic decision-making.
Climate Risk Indicators
An online tool with information on future changes to indicators of climate risk across the UK.
Network of building design tools
Data, automation, and collaborative tools to design better, more sustainable buildings.
Platform to help employees built sustainable behaviour
A science-based platform that helps individuals or companies understand and reduce their carbon footprint.
Online registry of materials used in buildings
An online library of information on materials and products for registered buildings and infrastructure objects, providing insight on circularity, embodied carbon and toxicity.
Software to measure and report on building performance
Platform which automatically collects, calculates, and presents a buildings’ sustainability data and generates automated reports for financial and regulatory compliance.
Content within the solutions library is supplied by the solution providers and UKGBC offers no commercial endorsement of individual solutions mentioned. Solutions are showcased as a source of inspiration, and we do hope that you follow up with the innovators to find out more.
Featured solutions
Firstplanit
Make sustainable building decisions to meet carbon and ESG targets with confidence.
2050 Materials
2050 Materials centralises all sustainability information into a single platform, enabling designers to save time and money at any project stage.