We may see a beautiful world – whether it is green, blue or shimmering glass and stainless steel – but it is currently an unsustainable world. McBains plays a vital role in changing that for the better.

We are part of a generation of businesses righting the wrongs of decades of environmental abuse, but also developing, planning and protecting the environment for future generations.

We are the catalysts, gatekeepers, moderators and managers sitting between what developers want, and what is sustainable, environmentally acceptable – or even environmentally positive. We stand between sometimes innocent development ambition and often unintended environmental harm.

Few businesses are genuinely able to change the world in which we live, but the McBains team creates, develops and applies both highly visible and less-visible processes to limit and lessen impact upon the environment.

Development demands the use of resources or energy; we help developers minimise those demands. What they construct and create has ongoing demands upon resources and energy, so we advise and even police sustainability standards. In some cases, we have devised solutions which have been adopted as industry standards.

We work with clients to integrate as a team at the beginning of any development or regeneration project so that sustainability and building physics can be integrated in the overall design from the outset. This way our developments are adaptable to future changes and are able to exceed current legislation requirements.

That's not just the better way, it's the sustainable way.