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Comment & Analysis
Passivhaus diaries, part 20: Coming to an end
9 March, 2010
As the Denby Dale house completes Bill Butcher reflects on what he’s learned in his penultimate diary entry
Pick of the Day
Images: England's first Passivhaus office
9 March, 2010
Office development in Kent claims to be 80% more energy efficient than required by current Building Regulations
Buildings Gallery
Nightingale Associates unveils £23m hospital in Wales
9 March, 2010
108-bed community hospital in Rhondda Valley includes biomass boiler and other low-carbon features
Sustainability channel
First images: Brookfield's Elephant & Castle tower takes shape
8 March, 2010
Building goes on site at London's tallest residential tower, nicknamed 'the razor', and finds out about the challenges created by its three integrated wind turbines
Lack of engineers could scupper renewables revolution
8 March, 2010
Sunday Times says 60,000 heating engineers are interested in fitting renewable energy devices but are put off by the three-year certification process
Safety blunders
Not the brightest spark
5 March, 2010
Thanks to John Giles who took these photographs in Chiang Mai in Thailand of an electrician preparing to make a connection to the live main. “I was too squeamish to stay and watch,” he says.
APC Trainer
APC video: Risk management competence (T077)
10 February, 2010
Dean Mills puts another candidate through his APC paces
Building TV
Ecobuild: UKGBC declares war on wasteful non-doms
9 March, 2010
Manifesto calls on government to force improvement in energy efficiency of non-domestic buildings
