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Thursday09 September 2010

Sustainability

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Grant Shapps

Shapps delays definition of zero carbon Subscription Required

30 July 2010

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

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The scheme consists of a seven-storey and an 11-storey block, which has stunning views over Brighton

Mainstream green: Brighton belle Subscription Required

Regulation Supplement 2010

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 Subscription Required

30 July 2010

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

Houses

10 changes to Part L for 2010 Subscription Required

30 Apr 10

Our energy expert runs through the parts of the new rules that will have the biggest impact

Green specification

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Embodied energy: The next big carbon challenge Subscription Required

04 June 2010

Reducing the amount of embodied energy in building materials won’t be easy – but it’s essential

Green comment

Dan Phillips, group director for sustainability, Buro Happold

Why does BREEAM ignore embodied carbon? Subscription Required

19 Aug 10

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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Robert Prewett, Prewett Bizley

Passivhaus refurb diary, part 5: airtightness testing, take two Subscription Required

31 Aug 10

The team behind the retrofit of an Edwardian property using Passivhaus principles run a second airtightness test

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

Sustainability: The future of offices Subscription Required

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

Green gurus

Passivhaus refurb, week 4 - leaking timber joist

Passivhaus refurb diaries, part 4: The day of the airtightness test Subscription Required

23 Aug 10

The architect behind the retrofit of an Edwardian property using Passivhaus principles reviews the results of the first airtightness test…

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Trial and error Subscription Required

03 September 2010

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

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