Task Group
Biodiversity
Founded: 01/07/08 Members: 33
The UK-GBC Biodiversity Task Group was launched in June 2008 and the group's final report and recommendations were published at the end of March 2009.
The group produced a final report 'Biodiversity and the Built Environment', and a set of guidance points to provide construction industry professionals with clear guidance on how to incorporate and enhance wildlife within our built structures.
The group also launched a new 'biodiversity portal' on the UK-GBC website which contains information about the work of the group and provides construction industry professionals with a first-port-of-call for information on biodiversity relevant to the built environment. We are not aiming to provide a large body of new information through the portal, instead directing users to the most relevant information in this area.
RELEVANT LINKS
- Download the executive summary
- Download the full report and appendices
- Download the sector-specific guidance
- Access the Biodiversity Portal
SCOPE
The broad objectives for the task group were:
1. To raise the awareness of the role of biodiversity in delivering a sustainable built environment, and to encourage the construction industry and its clients to incorporate biodiversity into all new and refurbishment schemes.
2. Develop the roadmap in order to maintain and enhance biodiversity in the built environment through the production of simple and clear guidance
Click here to view the original task group proposal.
TASK GROUP MEMBERS
The group was chaired by Dr Carol Williams who is currently seconded to the Bat Conservation Trust from Natural England. She has a wealth of experience on biodiversity, habitats and the built environment.
The following organisations were represented on the task group:
Aedas
ALGE
Atkins
Bat Conservation Trust
BRE
Canary Wharf
CIRIA
Davis Langdon
Defra
Ecology Consultancy Ltd
Ekologica
Environment Agency
Faber Maunsell
Hilson Moran
Hines
Inbuilt
Land Securities
Lend Lease
Natural England
Oxford Brookes (Oxford Institute for Sustainability)
RENEW North Staffordshire
Skanska
Stephen George & Partners
Upstream
Wildlife Trusts
WWF
Task Group Members
Ellie Austin | Administrator
Charlotte Johns | Administrator
Adam Ajzensztejn
Lend Lease
Ellie Austin (UK-GBC Admin)
UK-GBC
Jon Best (Guest)
ALGE/Southwark Borough
Iain Boulton (Guest)
ALGE/Lambeth Borough
Matthew Brundle
Inbuilt Ltd
Nick Corker
BRE
Mike De Silva
Davis Langdon
Mike Gibbs
Atkins
Kit Gillibrand
Upstream
Richard Graves
Faber Maunsell
Eleanor Green
Canary Wharf
Tamsin Hartley
RENEW North Staffordshire
Adam Ingleby
Environment Agency
Simon Jenner
Hines
Andrew Jones (Guest)
GLA
Judit Kimpian
Aedas Architects Ltd
Zoe Leader
WWF
Phil Lewis (Guest)
Defra
Fiona Mahon (Guest)
Wildlife Trusts
David Mason
Skanska
Pete Massini (Guest)
Natural England
Richard Meadows (Guest)
BERR
Emily Munn
Inbuilt Ltd
John Newton (Guest)
Ecology Consultancy
Mike Oxford (Guest)
ALGE
Jake Piper
Oxford Brookes
Carl Simms (Guest)
RSPB
Ida Strandberg
Land Securities
Dave Wakelin
Hilson Moran
Sophie Walker
Upstream
Claire Wansbury
Atkins