The 2022 Building with Nature National Award has been won by Nationwide’s innovative housing scheme the Oakfield Project in Swindon. The Oakfield Project was announced as the winner on 24th November at the Landscape Institute 2022 Awards Ceremony in London.
Read MoreAs world leaders convene for COP27, dubbed “the implementation COP”, councils across the UK are working to deliver a local response to the climate emergency. Building with Nature, the UK’s first green infrastructure benchmark, is supporting local authorities and industry in utilising GI to deliver on climate commitments.
Read MoreBuilding with Nature are launching a 1-day training course providing built and natural environment professionals with a comprehensive introduction to green infrastructure.
This new training course supports Building with Nature's call for UK developers and planners to value green infrastructure as critical infrastructure, delivering nature-based solutions that build climate resilience, levelling-up on community health and wellbeing, and securing biodiversity and nature recovery in development.
We are delighted to be collaborating for a second year with the Landscape Institute (LI) to present the Building with Nature National Award, celebrating best practice in the integration of high-quality green infrastructure into the built environment. This award, judged by LI’s expert panel, showcases inspirational design vision, and also champions a commitment to delivering that vision on the ground, ensuring that high-quality green infrastructure contributes to a more sustainable future for both people and wildlife.
Read MoreFive years on from creating the UK’s first green infrastructure benchmark, we are delighted to be releasing our updated Standards today. We have refreshed our guidance to ensure it remains up to date and continues to define ‘what good looks like’, whilst simplifying the framework to make it even easier for industry to use.
Read MoreJayne Rogers, Environment Officer at Essex County Council explains how Essex developed a Building with Nature “Excellent” Green Infrastructure strategy.
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