Drive for net zero fuels UK boom in retrofitting buildings for new use
by Joanna Partridge from Environment | The Guardian on (#5YG86)
Reversing a trend for knock it down and start again', the climate crisis is encouraging developers to rethink
From a former ice factory becoming a shiny home for offices and shops, to a Victorian bus works getting a new lease of life as a flexible workspace, across the country, buildings are being retrofitted and repurposed for the future.
It stands in stark contrast to what seemed like the commercial property industry's motto in recent years: knock it all down and start again.
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