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to give users a comprehensive picture
of the built environment in the country.
It will be useful for any public sector
professional involved in property or asset
management related to buildings – such
as local authorities or central government
– particularly if their work is linked to the
net zero agenda. Decarbonisation and netzero targets cover so many organisations,
whether that’s local authorities, central
government, DLUHC, Homes England,
Housing Associations, or anybody who has
a major responsibility for housebuilding or
for commercial buildings. There’s going to
be a huge focus on modelling the energy
performances of buildings to improve the
design, reuse of materials, retrofitting,
and green energy solutions in future
years,”said lead for PSGA Investment at OS,
Jessica Gaskell. The dataset will benefit
emergency services, as it will give Fire
Services improved situational awareness
and insight around fire risk management.
The more information Fire Services can
access for buildings, the better they can
plan and prepare before or during an
incident.
Having basement presence data and
further data about a building will assist
with rescue planning, and greater
understanding of risks to building
structures and the surrounding
population.
Information on the presence of a basement
in a building can be seen in green.
For financial services outside the public
sector, the data will be valuable for insurers
when underwriting and carrying out
peril risk models. It will also be useful for
climate stress testing and Environmental
and Social Governance reporting of
buildings. The enriched data will also help
insurers detect fraud and improve their
customer onboarding and retention.
The dataset can be used with existing data
from the OS National Geographic Database
(NGD) to develop a deeper understanding
of both the built and natural environment
in a user-friendly manner.
OS provides its data and services to the
emergency services and wider public
sector organisations through the PSGA.
The PSGA is a contract between the
government and OS for the provision of
geospatial data across multiple themes,
including buildings, transport, structures,
addressing and land. The contract delivers
key data to public sector members for use
in everyday settings to support provision
of critical services to the public.
Users can access the OS NGD data via the
OS Data Hub.
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