VI. CONCLUSIONS

The analysis above draws out three key topics from a mass of plausible conclusions. It also excludes a significant amount of detailed ideas and information which will form more further research that examines possible routes the industry can take to overcome the barriers discussed above.

We find that whilst the general public’s awareness of the climate catastrophe has increased significantly over the past few years, the engagement and education of built environment professionals has not improved at the same rate. Furthermore, where improvement has been seen, it has come from those entering into the industry with less experience and less influence.

Moreover, whilst the industry has began to engage in this global conversation through initiatives such as Architect’s Declare and Architect’s Climate Action Network (ACAN), the necessary backing and support from the UK Government has been found lacking, and the efforts of those involved in the former have failed when faced with a client’s prejudiced views of potential capital costs.

The next steps within this research is to further the three routes of enquiry above, further understanding how they interact and influence each other to strategically develop a roadmap which can begin to engage stakeholders as collaborators, and generate wider conversations about industry change.