SDF supports the National Retrofit Strategy
If the UK is to meet its world-leading carbon reduction targets, create jobs and reduce fuel poverty then the energy efficiency and comfort performance of the UK’s existing 28 million …
SDF sponsors Build Net Zero Now!
Build Net Zero Now! is the call from the Good Homes Alliance, as they launch the second phase of their campaign aiming to empower progressive Local Authorities, Housing Associations and …
UKIEG Conference 2022 – re-thinking definitions of indoor environmental quality
This month the annual UKIEG conference brought together a multidisciplinary audience of academics, policy makers and industry experts to ask – what makes indoor environments beneficial for health and wellbeing? SDF …
Introducing the SDF’s new Communications Associate
The SDF is very grateful for the input and management of Head of Special Projects Kate Brown over the last year – in particular her support over the crucial period …
Presenting our approach to high performance buildings
Sustainable Development Foundation is a UNECE Centre of Excellence for High Performance Buildings. Our new position paper highlights how we work across the SDF Alliance organsations to deliver against ten performance indicators, and show what’s deliverable, right NOW to make buildings fit for the future.
SDF becomes a UNECE Centre of Excellence for High Performance Buildings
We’re very excited to announce that on 3rd November at COP26 in Glasgow, SDF became one of the first UNECE International Centres of Excellence for High Performance Buildings, helping advance the rapid transition to high performance buildings in support of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Accord.
Inaugural Neil May MBE Memorial Lecture
We held our inaugural lecture on Friday 2nd July, in memory of the late Neil May MBE.
Neil May was an inspiration to many and helped shape the development of many of our SDF Alliance partners: the ASBP, the Good Homes Alliance, Passivhaus Trust and STBA.
Kate Brown joins SDF as Head of Special Projects
This month we welcome new Associate Kate Brown as our Head of Special Projects. She brings a wealth of knowledge in marketing and strategic development, and has worked for the last four years in sustainable construction.
Launch of SuperHomes partnership
Sustainable Development Foundation is pleased to announce its new partnership with SuperHomes, which is coordinated by the National Energy Foundation.
Building on the success of its existing network of 200 pioneering SuperHomes, the relaunched network will aim to support the development of one million SuperHomes by 2030.
Neil May (MBE) Obituary
Neil May was an inspiration and fellow traveller to the Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF), constantly striving to improve the performance of some part of the property and construction industry and gathering people around him to help make the necessary changes happen.