150 Holborn

In December 2023, at COP28, we launched Sidara, uniting our businesses and people around a shared mission: to elevate the human experience, advance sustainability, ignite transformation through innovation, and advocate for a world that feels more like home. Now, one year on, our 2024 Annual Report showcases the progress we've made, from the footprints of our operations to the handprints of our projects. With insights framed through People, Planet, and Governance lenses, it highlights metrics, case studies, and inspiring stories of transformation from our global community. Discover how Sidara’s 300+ offices in over 60 countries are creating a better world. Read our annual report here▶️ https://bit.ly/4fZ079M #Sustainability #Innovation #AnnualReport #Sidara #GlobalImpact Dar TYLin Perkins&Will Introba Landrum & Brown Currie & Brown Penspen Maffeis Engineering CopperTree Analytics

At Sidara, we believe that empowering women is essential to driving innovation and creating a more inclusive future in our industry. Initiatives like our employability career coaching day with Dress for Success Greater London exemplify our commitment to supporting women as they build the confidence, skills, and networks they need to thrive. Last month we welcomed 15 women from Dress for Success to this inspiring event at the Sidara Showcase, 150 Holborn, hosted by our Sidara companies, including Currie & Brown, Introba UK & Ireland, Penspen, and Perkins&Will. A packed day began with keynote speakers from Sidara companies sharing their career experiences in the built environment, followed by workshops on personal branding, LinkedIn tips, CV development, and interview coaching. Participants also received professional headshots to take home. Dress for Success is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to empowering women with the training, support, professional attire, and development tools to help them thrive in work and in life. This was the first event in a new Sidara and Dress for Success employability program with Central District Alliance, and feedback shows participants found it informative and uplifting with practical advice. Thank you to our speakers and participants for your contributions on the day, we’re all very much looking forward to continuing this partnership in 2025. #150Holborn #Sidara #Empowerment #WomenInWorkforce #Careers #London

"Anyone who thinks they're too small to make a difference has never met the honey bee." We’re buzzing to share that Sidara at 150 Holborn has joined the Camden BeeLine! 🐝 In association with London Clean Air, Think & Do Camden, and the London Borough of Camden, the Camden BeeLine is a community project increasing green space across Camden by creating a connected pollinator pathway of trees, plants, and rewilded space. With a particular focus on improving biodiversity, air quality, and wellbeing, this takes in schools and businesses growing on any space they can, from window sills to playing fields. And roof gardens. ✋ Primarily designed as a biodiverse amenity space for our staff and visitors, our fantastic roof garden at 150 Holborn has already produced a number of benefits, including: a reduced flood risk (from attenuation tanks), lowered energy costs, and improved thermal performance for the building. Future plans include more biodiverse and climate resilient planting, a vegetable garden, a cut flower garden, workshops with schools, and some beehives – and we’re very excited at the possibility of Sidara honey in the future…   Discover more here: https://lnkd.in/eqk7ehZd Dar, Currie & Brown, Introba UK & Ireland, Maffeis Engineering, PARA, Penspen, Perkins&Will, Portland Design, Urban Initiatives. #150Holborn #biodiversity #workplacedesign #landscapearchitecture #London

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Absolutely delighted to share that 150 Holborn has achieved a BREEAM Post-Construction Outstanding score of 86.7% for our Retail Units, ranking us in the top 10 of all BRE certified retail units in the UK. This comes on top of the BREEAM New Construction Design Stage Outstanding score of 89.9%, meaning the cutting edge innovation combined with market-leading technology, and processes at 150 Holborn have created a highly sustainable, cost efficient, and future-proof space, fully aligned with Sidara’s ESG principles. And we’re targeting a BREEAM Post-Construction Outstanding score of 97.21% for the rest of the office building as well now – watch this space! Dar, Currie & Brown, Introba UK & Ireland, Maffeis Engineering, PARA, Penspen, Perkins&Will, Portland Design, Urban Initiatives. #150Holborn #NetZero #Sustainability #Technology #London

Achieving a zero-emission, efficient, and resilient built environment will require systemic transformation—and we all have a role to play. Today, at COP29 Azerbaijan sustainability experts from Sidara were sharing real-world examples of tools, processes, and innovative design approaches that have moved the dial on decarbonizing the buildings and infrastructure that keeps our society moving. Participating in two sessions Dar’s Balsam Nehme and Faysal Shair discussed the role of role of designers and engineers in advancing sustainability, as well as the digital solutions needed to decarbonize the full asset lifecycle at scale and at pace. Find out more about what Sidara is doing at COP here https://lnkd.in/es8kxqWB Balsam Nehme Faysal Shair Adam Mactavish Louise Hamot Peter O'Sullivan Kathy Wardle Catherine Tobiasinsky Dar Perkins&Will Introba Currie & Brown Penspen TYLin PARA Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) C40 Cities Solar Impulse Foundation Jordan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF) The American Institute of Architects (AIA) #COP29 #ClimateAction #Sustainability #NetZero #ClimateJustice #GreenFuture #ClimateSolutions #COP29ImpactMakers #BuildingsCoolingPavilion #BuildForClimate #ActOnCooling  

Fabulous hosting The Academy of Urbanism (AoU) annual awards tonight, celebrating and learning with the AOU community. 👏 Huge congrats to the winners and finalists, we were proud to be part of your special evening. Special shoutout to Ian Mcmillan #poetinresidence for the ceremony 📖 #urbandesign #europeandesign #architecture #design

In celebration of National Engineering Day today, we’re highlighting some of the fantastic engineering talent within our Sidara Collaborative companies here at 150 Holborn.   National Engineering Day is part of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s campaign to share how engineers improve everyday lives and shape the world around us for the better, bring engineering to life for young people, and give them the opportunity to pursue rewarding, future-shaping, varied, well-paid, and in-demand careers.   Following this year’s theme of Engineering Role Models, meet our colleagues from Introba UK & Ireland, Penspen, and Dar, find out who inspires them, and discover more about their proudest engineering moments here: https://lnkd.in/epnC4fgg    Have you ever considered a career in engineering? If you’re an engineer, who inspires you? #150Holborn #SidaraCollaborative #Engineering #NationalEngineeringDay #EngineeringRoleModels

As COP29 Azerbaijan gets underway in #Baku, we reflect on the scale of the challenge we face and the importance of new solutions if we are to solve the climate crisis. With the window of opportunity for change steadily closing, there is too little time left to rely on the same old thinking, or looking at individual solutions in isolation – we need to think bigger, we need to think bolder. This week Sidara will be at COP29 Azerbaijan, hosting a panel discussion focused on the innovative tools and new solutions needed to decarbonize the built environment and turn the tide on #GlobalWarming Find out more about what we are doing at COP here ➡ https://lnkd.in/es8kxqWB Balsam Nehme Faysal Shair Adam Mactavish Louise Hamot Peter O'Sullivan Kathy Wardle Catherine Tobiasinsky Dar Perkins&Will Introba Currie & Brown Penspen TYLin PARA Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) C40 Cities Solar Impulse Foundation #COP29 #ClimateAction #Sustainability #NetZero #ClimateJustice #GreenFuture #ClimateSolutions #COP29ImpactMakers #BuildingsCoolingPavilion #BuildForClimate #ActOnCooling

Celebrating World Town Planning Day this week with a look at some of our Sidara Collaborative companies’ award-winning urban planning work around the world. Earlier this year Urban Initiatives were shortlisted for the RTPI International (South East) Best Plan award for the Sevenoaks Town Neighbourhood Plan. This Plan was prepared collaboratively and with extensive engagement with stakeholders and the local community. The Neighbourhood Plan was adopted by Sevenoaks District Council last year following a public referendum. Previously, Urban Initiatives won the RTPI Planning Consultant of the Year award in 2003, the RTPI Silver Jubilee Cup in 2000 for the Cork Historic Action Plan, and again in 2002 for the Bristol Legible City Initiative. The Silver Jubilee Cup is the award given to the overall winner of the RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence. And they won the RTPI Planning Consultancy of the Year and Innovation of the Year Award in 2005 for their Greater Ashford development framework, which made use of role playing gaming techniques to agree smart growth with local residents and stakeholders. Dar’s strategic city master plan for Ibadan, Nigeria, won the RTPI International Award for Planning Excellence 2019. A major centre for trade and exchange, Ibadan’s population was forecast to grow to 13.5 million by 2032, a 90% increase from 2016. Inadequate infrastructure, coupled with increasingly regular and damaging flooding events, prompted an extensive 18-month stakeholder engagement consultation to develop the now adopted strategic master plan for Ibadan and its hinterland. Creating sustainable, liveable communities that balance the needs of people, environment, and economy is at the heart of town planning. And at Sidara, we’re proud to be creating spaces and places that inspire the imagination, protect our planet, and improve the quality of life. Discover more here: https://lnkd.in/dDwuZ7Vf. #150Holborn #Sidara #HomeforHumanEndeavor #urbandesign #WTPD #WorldTownPlanningDay2024