KLH Sustainability

Exciting news!🔋 Our 'Planet Positive Framework' developed in collaboration with GS8 takes centre stage as the definitive guiding approach in the new carbon-positive development, announced last week by Octopus Energy and GS8.   This development will feature 113 innovative homes designed with sustainability in mind, storing more carbon than they emit throughout construction and maintenance and generating more energy on-site than they use in a year. It will become the largest ‘Zero Bills’ community in the UK and the first in the world to offer Octopus Energy’s ‘Zero Bills’ tariff in connection with a revolutionary microgrid with centralised battery storage.   This project reinforces our commitment to reducing carbon footprints and setting a new standard for environmentally responsible development. 🌏   🔗 For more information on the ‘Zero Bills’ development with Octopus Energy, please visit: https://lnkd.in/ecGVHGbd   #CarbonPositiveHousing #SustainableDevelopment #SustainableHousing #ZeroBills #microgridcommunity #SustainableLiving

We're thrilled to celebrate Lizzy Pettitt, whose journey to Chartered status through CIBSE demonstrates her dedication to professional development. Lizzy is also a Certified Passivhaus Designer, bringing knowledge on high-performance, energy-efficient building design to our team. Under the mentorship of our Technical Director, Kate Crawford, Lizzy continues to enrich our team with her expertise and commitment to innovation. 🎉 We couldn't be prouder of Lizzy's achievements and her impact on our work. #charteredengineer #CertifiedPassivhausDesigner #sustainabilityadvisor

We're really excited to announce our collaboration with The Crown Estate and GS8! Following the successes of the award-winning Arbour project, we’re continuing our partnership with GS8 to deliver planet-positive homes at scale. We were tasked with designing holistic sustainable homes – not just in terms of carbon impact – but additionally balancing the sometimes conflicting demands of material usage, energy consumption and generation, water use, overheating and daylighting among others. Over the past two years, we’ve provided cutting-edge modelling, analysis and collaborated with an incredible design team to bring this vision to life. These homes will set a new benchmark for sustainability:   👉 Less than 300 kgCO2e/m² upfront carbon  👉 Less than 450 kgCO2e/m² life cycle embodied carbon  👉 Less than 35 kWh/m²yr energy use intensity  👉 Less than 75 litres/person/day potable water consumption  👉 Guaranteed zero bills for all residents  👉 Connect to a site-wide smart microgrid, generating more onsite energy per year than the homes use Sustainability isn’t just about numbers; it’s about people and community. As members of Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL), we ensured that the site followed DEAL framework for community engagement. Our friends at New Practice led the co-design of the central space, which was instrumental in fostering a sense of ownership for the residents of Wootton. We also anticipate achieving a 90% biodiversity net gain across the site through carefully planned landscaping by Match Landscape Architects (Jim Kelly), ensuring the homes are not just part of the environment, but enhance it.🌿🪴 This project represents more than just homes - it’s a blueprint for sustainable development at scale. Zero-carbon living isn’t just possible, it’s happening now. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e2kDwYp7 A huge shoutout to boehm lynas for the visionary design behind these high-performance, beautiful homes! #sustainablehomes #TheCrownEstate #planetpositive #sustainabledevelopment

Happy Friday! 🌞 At KLH, we’re passionate about helping our team achieve their professional goals through Chartership, such as IEMA and CIBSE. We work hard to find the right accreditation to match their career ambitions with areas for business growth.    🎉 Last week, we had an exciting milestone to celebrate. Hannah Cohen (PIEMA), our Sustainability Advisor, officially became an IEMA Practitioner!      The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) is the UK’s largest professional body for environmental practitioners, and achieving Practitioner status is no small feat.     Achieving Practitioner status is a reflection of Hannah’s commitment to embedding sustainability into organisational policies, promoting life cycle thinking and tackling challenging initiatives like Science-Based Targets (SBTi).     We’re incredibly proud of Hannah, along with our other IEMA accredited team members, Borja Bustamante Mediavilla (PIEMA) and Lizzie O'Reilly (MIEMA), for leading the way and driving meaningful change toward a more sustainable future.    Here’s to continuing to push boundaries in sustainability! 💚 🌍 #IEMAaccreditation #sustainabilityadvisor #builtenvironmentsustainability

We are thrilled to be a part of this ambitious pilot project with The Crown Estate. Building on the achievements of The Arbour and our valued partnership with GS8, we look forward to scaling these successes further. #sustainableconstruction #TheArbour #TheCrownEstate #planetpositivehousing

Making ready-mix concrete is similar to the art of baking - a masterful balance where every ingredient counts! (Shout-out to Lizzie O'Reilly who put it so perfectly on our visit day). ♻️   Too much of one thing or too little of another and the concrete 'recipe' could go sideways. The team at Aggregate Industries UK truly knows how to whip up the perfect 'batch' for each specific use!   Last week, our team at KLH Sustainability had the opportunity to experience this up close during our visit to the Aggregate Industries facility at Modern Wharf. With muddy boots and the bright sun overhead, we spent the day hearing about their process of obtaining recycled aggregates and sequestering carbon back into those recycled aggregates from concrete. Is that not fascinating?   Thank you to Jasen Gauld FICT, Anh Nguyen & Nick Powell ILM7 from Aggregate Industries, and Daniel Thompson, Jason Tubbs & Gary van Heuven from Sivyer Group for taking the time to give us a detailed tour - Borja Bustamante Mediavilla's smile in his high-vis says it all! 😁 🙌   #aggregate #sustainablesolutions #recycledaggregate #sequestration

Happy New Year!   Our team has returned to the office this week feeling rejuvenated, well rested and ready to kick-start 2025. We are growing and developing an exciting and innovative pipeline of new projects, so expect lots of fantastic updates this year! 🚀   In honour of the new year, we would like to take this opportunity to re-introduce ourselves.   We are a team of specialists working across the built environment, supporting projects including but not limited to: - Sustainable homes & places, - Strategic retrofit, - Complex buildings, - Net-Zero and SBTi aligned strategies, - EU Taxonomy.   If you’re looking to collaborate in any of these areas, reach out to us:   📧 info@klhsustainability.com   #sustainabledesign #sustainableconstruction #builtenvironment

Happy holidays from KLH! We hope you all have a wonderful festive break and we are excited for what’s to come in 2025! ✨ The holiday period can come with some downtime, so we have a few reading, and listening recommendations for you! 📚🎧 - Zero Ambitions Podcast - Doughnut Economics: Kate Raworth - Show me the Bodies: How we let Grenfell happen - Materials: An environmental primer- Hattie Hartman HonFRIBA and Joe Jack Williams - Not the end of the world: Hannah Ritchie - Guardian Article: 5 UK biodiversity success stories https://lnkd.in/erd6YTcy Local initiative- GLA market based operator to match street works to sustainable drainage systems (SUDs) https://lnkd.in/eG4XPMY3 Additionally, here is a list of some small ways you can help the planet over the holidays! 🎄 - Buy less - Compost food waste - Re-use string, ribbon and wrapping paper or use alternative materials - Recycle any packaging that you cannot reuse - Drop your Christmas tree off at a recyling center to be turned into chips or soil - Check with your local council for special tree collection services #sustainablechristmas #helptheplanet #sustainability

Well done to Lizzy Pettitt for volunteering your time to support A Level students to better understand sustainable retrofit opportunities as well as guiding them in exploring careers in the built environment! At KLH we provide our employees with 2 volunteering days a year to give back to the local community or industry, and it is events like this that show us why we do it! Give the full blog post about Lizzy’s volunteering time a read- linked below. #retrofit #sustainability #volunteering #builtenvironment

Congratulations to our Venkatesh Nevase for graduating with his Masters in Architecture and Sustainable Design! https://lnkd.in/eiF7fu5i