26 September 2011

UK behind Europe in property sustainability
The UK property sector trails the rest of Europe in adopting sustainable practices, although steady improvements are being made in the industry and RICS is working with government to accelerate the process

The RICS Sustainability Index, contained in the Green Gauge report puts the UK in fourth place, with a rating of 53%, behind Canada (74%), Continental Europe (65%) and Australasia (64%). With an increasing focus on energy efficiency and environmental issues, mainland Europe has now overtaken the UK in the index.

In a bid to encourage greater adoption of sustainable practices in the property industry, RICS is leading on six areas of the UK Government's Low Carbon Construction Action Plan. RICS will be covering issues such as the Green Deal, the use of the Ska Rating tool, embodied carbon measurement and Building Information Modeling (BIM)

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