Sustainability Magazine May 2026 | Page 19

THE MOST SUSTAINABLE BUILDING IN THE ANTARCTIC
Commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council( NERC) under UK Research and Innovation( UKRI), the Discovery Building and new site-wide services at Rothera form the centrepiece of the UK government’ s £ 670m( US $ 899m) Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme – the largest polar science investment since the 1980s.
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