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Passivhaus diaries

Blower door airtightness test

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Passivhaus diaries, part 18: First airtightness test results

25 January, 2010

The waiting is over, the experts from Leeds Metropolitan Univeristy have tested Denby Dale for airtightness and this is what they found...

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Codes and regulations

Stride Treglown Cardiff office

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Stride Treglown office awarded BREEAM Outstanding at design stage

23 October, 2009

Architect's new Cardiff office will use a biomass boiler, grey-water recycling and a natural ventilation approach

Hairy dog and bald cat

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Complying with Part L: A question of cutsSubscribers only

07 August 2009

L is for … Some building types need to shave their carbon emissions a lot. Others, less so. Yet the regulations say they all have to improve by 25%. The last in our series on Part L examines a proposal to fix this anomaly

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Sustainability costs

Not as green as it looks: DEFRA’s office near Alnwick is one of the greenest in the UK but most employees will probably drive to work as it isn't near a bus stop and the railway station is several miles away

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Sustainability: The future of officesSubscribers only

16 October 2009

We’re going to have to make some important changes in the way we use offices in the future. Here Cyril Sweett director Hugh Mulcahey looks at what the options are – and which is better

Does making an investment in water efficiency measures ever pay back?

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Sustainability: Water efficiencySubscribers only

26 June 2009

Does making an investment in water efficiency measures ever pay back? Isabel McAllister and David Sutton of Cyril Sweett present the business case

more sustainability costs

Existing stock

insulation

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Green Register launches training for sustainable refurbishment

16 June, 2009

RIBA teams up with the Green Register to run workshops on effective and green housing refurbishment

Housing

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UK GBC examines new funding plan for home improvements Subscribers only

26 May, 2009

Green group has launched task group to report on practical steps for introduction ‘pay as you save’ mechanism

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Case studies

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Imagine the world in 2020: climate changeSubscribers only

13 November 2009

The year’s 2020, and, having left Building for reasons far too shocking to go into here, former assistant editor Thomas Lane talks us through a day in his life as an engineer in a world that’s slowly coming to terms with climate change …

more sustainability case studies

Waste management / recycling

Toilet

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Interserve named on £60m sewage plant contract

13 August, 2009

FM firm is preferred bidder to build plant to generate biogas from sewage, as well as upgrading existing facilities

Green grass

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New plant will make roof tiles from nappies

30 July, 2009

Birmingham recycling plant will turn plastic element of sanitary waste into building products

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Ecobuild

LandArk

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Eight stand-out innovations at Ecobuild

5 March, 2009

From Bill Dunster's boat-inspired LandArk to a hemp-insulated batt, there was plenty of innovation on display at Ecobuild

PRP's design for BRE's Innovation Park

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PRP wins landscape competition for BRE's Innnovation ParkSubscribers only

4 March, 2009

The winning schcme by PRP Landscape is an extension of the existing landscaping designed by McFarlane Wilder

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Sustainability Now

Sustainability Now

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Sustainability Now: Copenhagen and beyond

11 November, 2009

Sign up now for the biggest virtual green event in construction from 8-9 December

One of our team is missing

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Escos: One of our team is missingSubscribers only

26 June 2009

Whatever happened to energy service companies, responsible for on-site renewables? Their near-disappearance is bad news for low-carbon development

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