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Read more at: CISL’s sustainable offices shortlisted for the Architects’ Journal Retrofit Awards
Office furniture inside the Entopia Building - photo by Chris Loades

CISL’s sustainable offices shortlisted for the Architects’ Journal Retrofit Awards

8 March 2023

6 March 2023 – Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) sustainable office building and green business hub, Entopia, has been shortlisted for the AJ Retrofit Awards.


Read more at: Entopia Building achieves EnerPHit Classic certification
External view of Entopia Building. Image credit: SOLK Photography for ISG

Entopia Building achieves EnerPHit Classic certification

9 August 2022

10 August 2022 - The Entopia Building has been awarded the prestigious EnerPHit Classic certification by the Passive House Institute, a significant moment for a project that has transformed a 1930s telephone exchange into an ultra-efficient office-space meeting the highest possible sustainability standards.


Read more at: HRH The Prince of Wales visits world-leading collaborative sustainability projects at the University of Cambridge and opens pioneering green retrofit office
HRH The Prince of Wales visits world-leading collaborative sustainability project

HRH The Prince of Wales visits world-leading collaborative sustainability projects at the University of Cambridge and opens pioneering green retrofit office

29 March 2022

31 March 2022 - The Prince of Wales launches innovation hub for green entrepreneurs at heart of new Cambridge low carbon retrofit office


Read more at: Listen, collaborate and innovate
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Listen, collaborate and innovate

Patrick Watson, Project Manager from 3PM: The importance of shared vision and a collaborative mindset.


Read more at: The Entopia Building: Creating a healthy workplace
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The Entopia Building: Creating a healthy workplace

7 December 2021 - Wendy Bishop, Architype’s associate and lead architect for Entopia has been working on architectural and Passivhaus design of the project, and ways to reduce embodied carbon, since it began.


Read more at: The road to Entopia
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The road to Entopia

30 September 2021 - Dame Polly Courtice, Emeritus Founder Director of the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership and Clare Shine, current Director and CEO reflect on CISL’s journey so far, and what the future holds as we move to our innovative new HQ, Entopia.


Read more at: The future of sustainability in the built environment - a Q&A with Munish Datta
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The future of sustainability in the built environment - a Q&A with Munish Datta

27 September 2021 - Munish Datta is director at UK Green Building Council where he is responsible for leading the organisations membership strategy and enabling the delivery of its mission to radically improve the sustainability of the built environment. As a Fellow at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, he also empowers senior business leaders & organisations to tackle critical global challenges.


Read more at: The case for retrofitting
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The case for retrofitting

5 May 2021 – Tim Forman, Deputy Course Director for the Sustainability Leadership for the Built Environment (IDBE) Master’s and Postgraduate Certificate, discusses the need for a radical shift in thinking and in preparedness to invest in the energy efficiency of buildings and built environments in order to achieve real impact.


Read more at: World-first sustainable office retrofit begins at new University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership headquarters
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World-first sustainable office retrofit begins at new University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership headquarters

5 March 2021

9 March 2021 – The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has announced the start of works on its new visionary headquarters.