The proportion of construction professionals who have worked on projects with sustainable targets over the past year has risen substantially, according to a new survey.
The NBS Sustainable Futures Report 2024, published on 20 August, shows that 88% of the nearly 500 construction professionals it surveyed had worked on projects with sustainable outcome targets during the previous year. This was up from 70% in 2021, the last time the survey was carried out.
Nearly half (48%), said they worked on projects with sustainable outcome most, and 16% all of the time.
Almost two-thirds (64%) of respondents said they had worked on a net zero project over the past 12 months, compared with just under half in 2021. However, only 15% had worked on net zero projects most or all of the time.
Almost three-quarters (74%) of respondents said at least one of their projects included a requirement to meet a standard, such as Breeam, Leed or Passivhaus.
And some 43% of respondents stated that sustainability is usually or always achieved on their projects – an increase of 10 percentage points compared with 2021.
Professionals from larger firms were more likely to report that they had worked on net zero projects or with sustainable targets.
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