RICS is a repository of information for many aspects of climate change and sustainability primarily for use by its members - visit site>
CIBSE is the prime source of expertise for sustainable buildings. We harness our members' skills and knowledge to raise competence across the industry - visit site>
The Lancaster Environment Centre is a major development on Lancaster’s Campus, bringing together a community of university environmental researchers, government scientists and a growing number of commercial enterprises - visit site>
The Carbon Trust provide specialist support to business and the public sector to help cut carbon emissions, save energy and commercialise low carbon technologies - visit site>
The EA gives energy consents that take account of climate change, and information to help your business increase energy efficiency, meet greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and plan for the impacts of climate change - visit site>
LEED is is an open and transparent process which provides a set of standards for the environmentally sustainable design, construction and operation of buildings and neighborhoods. The technical criteria proposed by the LEED committees are publicly reviewed for approval by the more than 10,000 membership organisations that currently constitute the US Green Building Council - visit site>
BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) is the leading and most widely used environmental assessment method for buildings. It sets the standard for best practice in sustainable design and has become the de facto measure used to describe a building's environmental performance - visit site>
DECC exists to take the lead in the challenges of energy policy and climate change mitigation policy within the UK and beyond and is a great resource for the legal frameworks around this area - visit site>
Over a decade ago, most countries joined an international treaty -- the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) -- to begin to consider what can be done to reduce global warming and to cope with whatever temperature increases are inevitable. More recently, a number of nations approved an addition to the treaty: the Kyoto Protocol, which has more powerful (and legally binding) measures. The UNFCCC secretariat supports all institutions involved in the climate change process, particularly the COP, the subsidiary bodies and their Bureau - visit site>
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an agency of the European Union whose task is to provide sound, independent information on the environment. EEA are a major information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public. Currently, the EEA has 32 member countries - visit site>