Route to zero carbon FCBStudios, Beyond Zero Buildings, Eco Architecture 2021
Route to zero carbon – view from FCBStudios
1 November 2021
Time to Act
In 2019, FCBStudios, along with many others, declared a climate emergency. Ian Taylor takes a view on what we have achieved since then, and where we are on our route to zero carbon.
As we approach COP26, there is no way of denying that it is Time to Act.

Route to zero carbon – COP26 Glasgow 2021
The next five years are going to be crucial to the survival of the planet. As designers, we are at the front end of the built environment?s carbon expenditure, designing projects that may take several years to complete. The industry needs to change its approach now.
In 2019, FCBStudios, along with many others, declared a climate emergency. We worked as part of the Architects Declare steering group to determine the eleven points of their manifesto ? which made up the core of the declaration. Importantly, responding to each of the manifesto points, we determined our own route map to reach net-zero by 2030 across our portfolio of projects.
Since then, we have worked to raise awareness, upskilled, and collaborated with others in the industry, developing means by which we can design buildings that have lower carbon impacts ? especially focusing on their construction, which has not been well understood, and where data is scarce.
Raising Awareness
Personal carbon footprints. As part of our Global Climate Strike actions, we all...