Sustainability
Sustainability news
LDA's moves £50m energy efficiency fund forward
Scheme to cut London’s carbon emissions by 60% gets under way
Green regulations
Shapps delays definition of zero carbon
Housing minister Grant Shapps has been forced to row back from a pre-election promise to get the definition of zero carbon finalised “within weeks” of getting into office
Mainstream green: Brighton belle
One Brighton is the brainchild of the team behind super-green development BedZed. But although sustainability is at the heart of the scheme, it’s going to do it its own sweet way
Officials covered up £705m Part L saving
Civil servants covered up potential savings of £705m in order to help former housing minister John Healey justify scrapping proposed changes to Building Regulations that were designed to make existing homes more energy efficient
10 changes to Part L for 2010
Our energy expert runs through the parts of the new rules that will have the biggest impact
Sustainable buildings
Green specification
Embodied energy: The next big carbon challenge
Reducing the amount of embodied energy in building materials won’t be easy – but it’s essential
Green comment
Why does BREEAM ignore embodied carbon?
Discussion about the future of BREEAM has so far not included this major element of a building’s overall carbon performance
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Passivhaus refurb diaries
Passivhaus refurb diary, part 5: airtightness testing, take two
The team behind the retrofit of an Edwardian property using Passivhaus principles run a second airtightness test
Sustainability costs
Sustainability: The future of offices
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
Green gurus
Passivhaus refurb diaries, part 4: The day of the airtightness test
The architect behind the retrofit of an Edwardian property using Passivhaus principles reviews the results of the first airtightness test…
Trial and error
The team turning a leaky Edwardian building into a paragon of energy efficiency is in its second month on site. Robert Prewett, the project architect, looks at services and reports back after an airtightness test
