Welcome to the Edge

The Edge is a campaigning built-environment think tank and is multi-disciplinary in a landscape that is remarkable for the high number of single-discipline institutions it contains. › Continue reading

Latest - Edge Report August 2011 (pdf)

Latest Debates

Debate 47 - The Politics and Geopolitics of Low Carbon Growth

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

An Edge seminar conducted under the Chatham House Rule. › Continue reading

Debate 46 - What does it mean to be a building professional in the 21st century?

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

To meet sustainability challenges, let alone government targets, new and existing buildings will need to perform radically better in use: as sustainable assets, for their occupiers, and for the environment. However, regulatory and market mechanisms promoting sustainable buildings have had limited success in terms of recent outcomes. In use, many buildings that followed the rules and ticked the boxes have been shown to have major differences between expectation and reality. › Continue reading

Debate 45 - Cutting carbon at any cost?

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

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The Edge debate held in Bristol was the first in a series of CIBSE Presidential debates to be held across the country during 2011-12. The debate focused on the twin challenges of reducing emissions from buildings by 80% by 2050 while reducing the costs of new buildings by 20% rather sooner. › Continue reading

Books - Edge Futures

Edge has published a collection of short books, entitled Edge Futures.
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