Sustainability

Five years on, LOM are now Carbon Neutral Plus!

After 5 years measuring our Carbon Footprint, LOM have now achieved Carbon Neutral Plus status.

Success for Rare gaming studio at the Structural Timber Awards

LOM had an excellent evening at the Structural Timber Awards, which celebrates the best in building and low-carbon construction materials. We’re even more thrilled to announce that our net...

Fortress Gardens building frame is now complete

The building frame completes on a major new residential and public realm project, Fortress Gardens, designed by LOM

Clearing the path towards net zero

Director Ben Taylor looks at the need for clarity and standardisation in the property sector’s green transition, and the contributions of the BPF’s ‘Towards Net Zero’ report.

Planning approval granted for retrofit of Fleet Street’s Holyer House

LOM’s proposals to refurbish and retrofit Holyer House at Red Lion Court in the sensitive Fleet Street Conservation Area have been approved by the City of London.

Thinking about re-use? Think cost, carbon and creativity

How can we embrace the challenges of retrofit and re-use to unlock the best possible solutions for occupiers?

Reimagining our existing workplaces through creative reuse

LOM looks at how the creative reuse of existing office buildings and their furniture can cut waste, carbon and cost.

Sustainable design isn’t just a priority – it’s a necessity. LOM looks ahead at 2022.

LOM’s directors discuss our drive to promote sustainable design and plans to achieve net zero as a business in 2022.

COP26 and net zero: If not now, then when?

LOM is a net zero practice committed to keeping global heating below 1.5ᴼC. Our global leaders must take the lead from businesses and do the same before it’s too...

LOM achieve Net Zero operational carbon emissions

As the practice is certified as net zero for direct emissions, LOM looks at why this is only the beginning, and what’s next on the path to greater sustainability.

To get serious about net zero, we need to focus on specification

What we build and how we build it is pivotal to tackling the climate crisis.

Designing for net zero – it all starts with definition

Architects have a key role to play in delivering net zero design, but to be sustainable in the truest sense, we need to ensure we are considering the whole...

Sustainability, advising and acting – our 360 degree approach to Net Zero

We have a responsibility to articulate the benefits of sustainable architecture and deliver energy efficient buildings for our clients. We are also looking at our own operations and are...

Thinking flexibly, thinking sustainably – thinking for the future

Covid-19 has been a litmus test of office adaption. LOM director Richard Hutchinson looks at how we can accommodate future change in the workplace, and why flexibility is key...

LOM develops sustainable model primary school

LOM architecture and design has developed a model ‘off grid’ primary school concept for client Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB), as part of the bank’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative,...