Melanie Thompson

We investigate whether a new concept in refurbishment help to alleviate the UK’s serious shortage of warm, sustainable and affordable homes.

A review of the new BCO ‘Guide to Specification’ – written by the industry, for the industry – with five emerging themes for sustainable office buildings picked out.

Is the time right to reconsider our approach to solar power? We muse on the role for solar energy in the UK's power mix.

What can 2014's glorious summer of sport, with the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the annual Wimbledon championship, the Tour de France descending on Yorkshire, and the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow teach us about sustainability?

Melanie Thompson of Get Sust! reflects on the construction industry’s frustrations, vented at Ecobuild in March 2014, and urges action ahead of the 2015 General Election.

Sustainability is a multi-dimensional concept. NBS Live on 26 November 2014 managed to cover many of the dimensions in a short space of time. How did they do it? Melanie Thompson of Get Sust! suspects they had some special help ... (can you guess what?)

Ideas of what, where and how to swot up on sustainability, and how to convince your HR department that it's worth it.

We need to pay attention to the spaces between the homes if we want to create truly sustainable communities argues Melanie Thompson.

Mealanie Thompson explores a study by the UK Energy Research Centre.

Top-down environmental protection strategies can have unintended ecological consequences. We explore how to mitigate the risk.

Which UK buildings deserve a gold for sustainability? We look at some best practice examples.

The newly installed Energy and Climate Change Secretary has picked up his broom and hit the ground running. We assess some of the issues he needs to grapple with.