The UK Green
Building Council (UKGBC) and Innovation Gateway have announced a strategic
partnership.
The arrangement will
see the two organisations working together to drive and embed innovation for a
sustainable built environment.
Key objectives for
the strategic partnership include plans to:
- Increase the number of
organisations making a formal commitment to source and adopt sustainable
innovations
- Drive awareness of high
impact innovations, along with improving the capability to source, select
and apply them
- Capture and share success
stories of built environment organisations in the UK, demonstrating
leadership in innovation and collaboration.
Cat Hirst, Director
of Learning and Innovation at UKGBC said: "The new strategic partnership
between Innovation Gateway and UKGBC will support sustainable innovation at
scale. Between us, our organisations can bring together built environment
businesses and sustainable innovators to unlock the huge potential for a more
innovative approach in the design, construction and operation of our buildings
and infrastructure.
"By developing
new insights and collaborations, and supporting the creation of sustainable
innovations, we can get cutting edge solutions and new business models to
market much quicker. We look forward to working closely with Innovation Gateway
to catalyse change in the built environment and champion a truly sustainable
approach to innovation.
Henry Majed,
Director of Partnerships at Innovation Gateway said the organisation was
delighted to be working with the UK Green Building Council to drive even
greater cross-industry collaboration, and improve the ability of organisations
to access and adopt impactful innovations, for a more sustainable built
environment.
"We hope that
by working closely with UKGBC, we will be able to scale the impact that
Innovation Gateway has had with leading organisations such as RBS, Tesco and
Heathrow in transforming both the operational and environmental performance of
their buildings," he added.
