The Edge is a campaigning built-environment think tank and is multi-disciplinary in a landscape that is remarkable for the high number of single-discipline institutions it contains.
The built environment is a significant contributor to carbon emissions both in construction and use. It is imperative that these emissions are minimised. It is incumbent upon the professional institutions to take a lead here and particularly to work ever closer together towards this end.
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