Sustainability

Environment and land sustainability

For RICS the principle of sustainability seeks to balance economic, environmental and social objectives, at global, national and local levels, in order to meet the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

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RICS News and Opinion

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EPCs – What you need to know

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Features

How green do we go?

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Events

The Contribution of Europe's Heritage Buildings to Energy Savings

During this RICS half-day conference, speakers will highlight challenges, potential and feasibility of turning historically and culturally important buildings into beacons of energy saving.

Research

Building better suburbs: design controls in master planned communities

This paper explores householders' satisfaction with master planned communities in Australia.

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Guidance

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Carbon management of real estate - a new guidance note

RICS has, for the first time, published official guidance which offers a very solid foundation to bring carbon management within the competency of members who have responsibility for real estate management.