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Excited to share Useful Simple Trust's impact report for 2023. It's 6 months since I started at Useful Projects, and it's been an exciting and busy time. I feel really lucky to be part of such a great organisation, working alongside my colleagues from Expedition Engineering Ltd, Useful Studios and Thomas Mathews. The theme of this year's impact report is 'circularity' a topic close to my heart. It's great to see how this theme (one of four cross cutting themes), is applied in all aspects of work across the trust. It's well worth a read if you want to learn more about our work. And if you want to find out about how we can help you, then feel free to get in touch! #circulareconomy #sustainability #impactreport #sustainabilityconsulting

We've changed our header. Why? Because this one explains our mission - to drive regenerative design by connecting early stage design projects to impact led resources and collaborators. We don't do this ourselves, you do. By adding your projects or resources, viewing those of others, and expressing interest at the press of a button. Starting here makemewith.com

Could regenerative thinking help accelerate progress towards a more sustainable built environment? I sat down with Rachael Owens from Buckley Gray Yeoman for a conversation about how we can think beyond just doing less bad, to actually doing good. Thanks to Architects’ Journal for sharing our thoughts and highlighting the importance of regenerative design. #sustainability #design #architecture #carbon #circulareconomy #regenerativedesign https://lnkd.in/e_wWsiq7

📢 Our latest Regenerative Design Lab Report - Models and Frameworks for Regenerative Design - is now live 🌍✨ 📑 This report, which follows Cohort 2's journey through the lab, focuses on particular techniques we are using to facilitate conversations around regenerative design, including:  🔹Goal Definition: Establishing the goal of regenerative design as enabling human and living systems to survive, thrive, and co-evolve. 🔹Three Horizon Model: Structuring the Lab programme around three phases: the present, the future, and the transition. 🔹 Systems Bookcase: A tool for understanding decision-making within systems introduced early in the programme. 🔹 Library of Systems Change: A technique for imagining the shift from our current patterns of working to a more viable, thriving future. 🔹 Living Systems Blueprint: Using thriving living systems as a guide for our work and design as part of a thriving living system. The executive summary provides an overview of these key insights and breakthroughs, with a more detailed exploration in the subsequent sections of the report. The Constructivist Regenerative Design Lab was founded in 2021 by Oliver Broadbent, 1851 Fellow in Regenerative Design, with the support of Engineers Without Borders UK and funding from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. Our team includes co-facilitators Oliver Broadbent and Ellie Osborne, and communication designer Alexie Sommer. We believe this report will be a valuable resource for anyone committed to turning construction into a force for thriving. We invite you to download the report, share your thoughts, and join the conversation on how we can collectively create a regenerative future. Download your copy here. https://lnkd.in/eJdEcRWc A huge thank you to all the members of our second cohort of the Regenerative Design Lab: Alex Garman Gavin Knowles Guy Woodhouse Joel De Mowbray Jonathan Fashanu Julian Sheppard Lisa Hey Lucy Rees Marika Gabbianelli Natasha Watson Pablo Newberry Paul Astle Will Rogers-Tizard Tom Whitehead ---------------- Applications for Cohort 4 of the Regenerative Design Lab, in partnership with Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator, are now open. Apply here. https://lnkd.in/ekB9Entw #Sustainability #RegenerativeDesign #ConstructionInnovation #NewReport #SustainableBuilding #GreenConstruction #PolicyInnovation #EnvironmentalImpact #Changemakers Engineers Without Borders UK Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Chatham House Environment and Society

At Community Architects, we constantly seek the latest manufacturing trends that enhance efficiency and foster business growth.      An exciting trend we've observed involves companies prioritizing environmental considerations in their production processes. They're adopting eco-friendly ideas, reducing waste, and creating products with a longer lifespan. It's all about crafting meaningful items while contributing positively to our planet.      Let's applaud this shift towards sustainable manufacturing practices that benefit both us and our world.      #CommunityArchitects #ManufacturingTrends #EcoFriendlyProduction #SustainableBusiness #EarthFriendlyInnovation #BusinessGrowth #GreenManufacturing #PlanetPositive #InnovateSustainably #FutureOfManufacturing

📢 Our 2023 Impact Report is now available! 📢 This year we are focusing on the theme of ‘circularity’, showcasing how our work to create regenerative and circular buildings, strategies, and places is really delivering impact on the ground. ♻ The key principles of a circular economy: eliminating waste and pollution, circulating products and materials at their highest value, and regenerating nature, offer one pathway to transitioning our built environment. We work in collaboration with clients and professional teams who have a shared ambition to refurbish, retrofit and repurpose existing buildings, extend the life of built assets, design out waste, and use materials with the lowest possible environmental footprint. This Report presents some of the achievements we are most proud to share with you. Thank you to all our clients, collaborates, and supporters who make it possible for us to do such positively impactful work. 📑 Read our 2023 Impact Report in full here - https://lnkd.in/eXDeF34j. Expedition Engineering Ltd | Useful Projects | Thomas.Matthews | Useful Studio - Architecture #ImpactReport #BCorp #CircularEconomy 

We’re experimenting with a different approach: using tempered glass slates over rubber tubing to heat water, an alternative to traditional solar panels. The concept is similar, and we're excited to see how this experimental method plays out. Anyone with experience in this? I’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas on how far we can take it! #ProgressNotPerfection #SustainableArchitecture

Today we debut our fall edition of Futurama, the discussion and analysis of things sustainable, affordable, and equitable. Futurama, Fall 2024, Prologue issue (richardreep.org) #affordability #sustainability #spatialequity #luxuryhospitality #contemporaryart #contemporarydesign

🔎 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟴𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁'𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲. 🌟 This highlights the significant influence designers have in the green transition, and how a data-driven approach can support them in making climate-conscious decisions. 😎 MÅLBAR's participation in the “Blind Date” experiment facilitated by Danish Design Makers and ORGATEC Cologne contributes to ensuring that a large heterogeneous group of designers learn about the climate emissions of materials, production processes, waste generation, transport, and packaging through our screening tool. 💪 These creative and very skilled professionals take in an additional working tool to reduce the impact of their designs by considering what effects their design choices have on the final product. 🤔 But is it easy to implement a data heavy tool in a creative design process? 🤓 Read the answer here: https://lnkd.in/dj6YUeBb #designchallenge #climateimpact #danishdesign #dkgreen #målbar

Sometimes described as a “nutrition label for products,” an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is a tool that can help determine the healthiest, most sustainable materials to use in your home. It includes a list of the basic materials and components, a description of the manufacturing process, the life cycle assessment, the carbon footprint, and other environmental impact data. Read *The Science of Smart Materials* to learn more. Check out the link below. https://lnkd.in/gEBZxA2m - - #residentialdesign #landscapedesign #customhome #lowcountry #lowcountryhomes #sustainablility #hothumidclimate #built #innovation #archidesign #architecture #builtenvironment #architecturetechnology #architech #beaufortarchitect #beaufortsc #beaufort