Climate Resilience in the Built Environment
Climate change is expected to impact on the physical built environment. Warmer summers will increase the urban heat island effect and with the potential to cause drought, while wetter winters will increase flooding events.
Built Environment Network
Climate Northern Ireland is planning to start a built environment network. If you would like to be involved please contact jane@climatenorthernireland.org.uk
Climate NI has established sectoral LinkedIn groups to facilitate discussion on climate change adaptation relevant to NI. Please join our Climate Resilience in the Built Environment group.
Information Sheets
Climate NI is developing a series of information sheets about specific issues relevant to climate change adaptation in the built environment. These outline relevant policy and legislation alongside tools and resources to support action. Please see below for the information sheets we have developed to date:
CCRA 2017 Northern Ireland – Built Environment
Improving Flood Resilience in Housing
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
If you have information which you would like included in Climate NI information sheets, please contact jane@climatenorthernireland.org.uk
Knowledge Directory
See our current directory of built environment climate change experts:
Patrice Cairns – Policy Manager at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Peter Forster – Chartered Structural Engineer at AECOM
Greg Keeffe – Professor of Architectural Urbanism at Queen’s University Belfast
Jim Kitchen – Executive Director of Sustainable NI
Stephen McCabe – Policy and Projects Officer at Northern Ireland Environment Link
Teresa McGrath – Researcher at Queen’s University Belfast
Leah O’Neill – Heritage Projects Officer at Ulster Architectural Heritage Society
Claire Williamson – Policy Officer NI at Royal Town Planning Institute
Tom Woolley – Architect and Environmental Consultant at Rachel Bevan Architects
Resource Library
