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Katie Clemence-Jackson
appointed as Chief Executive
Officer of the UK Net Zero
Carbon Buildings Standard
Katie Clemence-Jackson has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Net
Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Limited – the company that has been established to
own and manage Buildings Standard (the Standard).
An overview of work to date on the Standard
The Standard is an initiative backed by the BBP, BRE,
Carbon Trust, CIBSE, IStructE, LETI, RIBA, RICS and
the UKGBC, which establishes a definition for a Net Zero
Carbon Building for each of the main sectors and building
typologies in UK real estate.
Group, culminating in the publication of the Pilot
Version, last year.
She said, “Providing meaningful, measurable decarbonisation
in the UK built environment sector is something about which
I care deeply. Having previously chaired the Standard’s
Technical Steering Group, I have seen first-hand the fantastic
contributions that have shaped it; both from the Standard’s
technical specialists, and from expert volunteers across the industry. In my new role as CEO, I will take the lead on continuing the Standard’s trailblazing trajectory, and building the firm
foundations and connections it needs to continue making a
huge impact across the country.”
The Pilot Version of the Standard was published in
September 2024, and over 200 individual projects are
currently involved in a Programme of testing the detailed
application of the rule book against real world issues of
design, construction and operation.
In May 2025, an open tender and a PQQ was issued
for the appointment of a Verification Administrator in
order to put in place a structure for building owners and
occupiers to apply for confirmation of their conformity to
the Standard, once Version 1 is published at the end of
this year.
To find out more about the UK Net Zero Carbon
Buildings Standard please visit Home | UK Net Zero
Carbon Buildings Standard
Appointment of a Chief Executive Officer
David Partridge, Chair of the Governance Board of the
Standard, explained: “It is hugely important that we put
in place a robust and long lasting structure to take the
Standard forward, after the publication of Version 1 at the
end of this year – which has involved a truly radical
collaboration between so many members of the UK real
estate industry, over the last 3 years.
Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Limited (NZCBS
Ltd), is a not-for-profit company set up by the Founding
Members behind the Standard, to own it and to operate
the process of verifying compliance, as well as keeping the
Standard updated and producing future Versions of it.
Appointing Katie Clemence-Jackson as our CEO, is a
big statement of intent – her job will be to set up the
executive secretariat that will run NZCBS Ltd and the
Standard and ensure that its future is secure.”
Katie Clemence-Jackson is a leading light in the Net Zero
space, and she has been involved with the Standard for
some years. She is a CIBSE member and the Chair of
CIBSE’s Sustainability Special Interest Group. She
previously chaired the Standard’s Technical Steering
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