The UK Green Building Council is calling for projects and installations that propose solutions to the built environment's carbon emissions in a virtual pavilion that will coincide with November's COP26 climate conference.
Organised by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), the COP26 Built Environment Virtual Pavilion will draw attention to the sector, which is responsible for around 40 per cent of carbon emissions but which has been overlooked at previous COP climate conferences.
COP26 pavilion to showcase "playful interventions"
Intended to "give the built environment sector a voice at COP26," the virtual pavilion has been proposed amid concerns that delegates may not be able to attend in person due to the coronavirus pandemic. "The eyes of the world will be on the host city, Glasgow," organisers wrote in their open call for the pavilion. "Covid-19 travel restrictions may reduce the number of delegates able to attend COP in person."
"To mitigate risk and enable maximum participation in COP26, regardless of the status of the physical conference, an unprecedented coalition of over 100 partner organisations has come together to deliver a digital presence in the form of a Built Environment Virtual Pavilion."

Organisers are looking for "playful interventions" that convey the scale of the sector's emissions and suggest ways to eliminate them. The competition is looking for up to 12 projects to showcase in the pavilion ...