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IET Built Environment champions the physical environments that people need to work, rest and play - offices, homes, services and open spaces. We focus on opportunities for engineering and technology. Bringing together experts from a range of professional disciplines across industry, academia and government, we deliver programmes of activity, inspired by issues of the day and innovation, from retrofit to new build and beyond.

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Engineering a more resilient world

This document provides an overview of resilience including perspectives on the systems and infrastructures needed to safeguard and maintain the essential services we all take for granted.
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Industry voices: a round table event

On 22 March 2022, we hosted an exclusive round table event for senior leaders in the built environment to help us address initiatives to encourage the built environment sector to modernise, but sometimes it seems that change is not happening, or at least, not fast enough. 
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How can we decarbonise the built environment?

In the UK, the Committee on Climate Change has recommended that all buildings must be net-zero to deliver the Government's goals. To achieve net-zero we must eliminate or offset both embodied carbon and operational carbon in buildings.
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Reports and white papers

DC ecosystem - does the off-grid world need a new electrical ecosystem?

In this EngShort we discuss the need for a new electrical ecosystem in the off-grid world as there are 500 million people with an unreliable national grid.

We are advocating for the development of a global VDC ecosystem.

Learn more at www.theiet.org/48VDC

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Government policy and submissions

We inform and influence policymakers on a variety of engineering and technology issues through expert guidance, consultations and collaborations.

The 48VDC Realisation Forum

There are two electrical energy worlds, on-grid and off-grid. The world that is on-grid has access to convenience that 100 years ago would have been considered miraculous. The world that is off-grid has to make do with amenities citizens of developed countries now would consider challenging. This hub brings together resources, people and organisations who can make the transition from no electricity to plentiful, reliable, affordable electricity smooth. 
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Expert Panel

Meet the current members of the Built Environment Panel.
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Sector newsletters

Find out more about our Sector newsletters and how to subscribe.
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Contact us

Find out more about the Strategic Engagement and Partnerships (SEP) team and know who to contact with any questions related to IET thought leadership.

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