We don't just design buildings, we set standards, shape opinion and contribute to books and papers, guidelines and reports. Our work has been in press and it's helped influence government thinking. Our efforts are directed towards making policy more practical and effective, campaigning for quality and fairness, finding creative ways to solve specific problems, and reflecting on lessons learned from 50 years in practice.
Retrofit guidance for ESSA
The ESSA retrofit guides have been developed by Etude, Prewett Bizley and Levitt Bernstein for the ESSA Conservation Area association, with support from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The... Read more
Design for Gravesham
Design for Gravesham, a new Borough-wide Design Code developed by Levitt Bernstein has been adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD). The new tool underpins the Council’s expectations for high-quality, sustainable... Read more
Essex Embodied Carbon Evidence Base
Levitt Bernstein, Etude, Hawkins\Brown, Introba, and Currie & Brown were commissioned as a collaborative team to carry out an Embodied Carbon Policy Study for Essex. This study serves as a... Read more
Delivering Net Zero for 18 London boroughs
This project was an incredible feat in collaboration, between Etude, Introba, Inkling, Currie and Brown and Levitt Bernstein. Between us we split a huge amount of energy and cost modelling... Read more
What is the future of high-rise housing? Examining the long-term social and financial impacts of residential towers
This new publication, 'What is the future of high-rise housing? Examining the long-term social and financial impacts of residential towers', says that more information should be made available to buyers... Read more
Altered Estates 2: How to address changing priorities in estate regeneration
Altered Estates 2 illuminates the new and continuing challenges to successful estate regeneration in the UK, building on its forerunner Altered Estates (2016). The challenges and solutions we set out in... Read more
Better Procurement for Better Homes
'Better Procurement for Better Homes' is the first comprehensive guide to help housing associations and local authorities procure and deliver higher quality homes for their residents. The report has been... Read more
Towards Net Zero: A collaborative approach to decarbonising housing and increasing social value
Housing currently contributes 20% of the UK’s climate emissions. We want to help our clients achieve net zero by ratcheting up building performance. We are collaborating with three other architectural practices... Read more
How to achieve net zero carbon homes
We launched a Net Zero Carbon Toolkit for new build and retrofit housing for Forest of Dean, Cotswold and West Oxfordshire District Councils. Etude led the process which was a... Read more
Easi Guide to Passivhaus Design
We, alongside sustainability engineers Etude, have campaigned tirelessly for faster change in the built environment to achieve zero carbon. But we have found that often the best way to effect... Read more
Path to zero carbon (LETI)
The London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) is a network of built environment professionals working together to put London on the path to a zero carbon future. We were heavily involved in... Read more
Cost of Carbon: Achieving greater carbon reductions on site
We partnered with Etude, Elementa and Currie & Brown on a research study for five London boroughs: Haringey, Ealing, Westminster, Greenwich and Barking and Dagenham. This work involved undertaking in-depth... Read more