All Green for Growth articles
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NewsSturgeon vows to 'overhaul' building regs
Promise is part of Scottish government focus on cutting carbon
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NewsChina notches up first BREEAM ‘outstanding’ high rise
Pelli Clarke Pelli tower lands design-stage accolade
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NewsPM: UK among 'best places in the world for green investment'
Green Investment Bank reaches £5bn investment milestone on its second birthday
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NewsSwansea's £850m tidal power project seeks planning
Atkins is in collaboration with Costain and others in developing tidal power lagoon
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FeaturesGreen Deal: One year on
The Green Deal is one year old this week but the celebrations are, to put it mildly, subdued. We look back on a year of disappointments for the energy efficiency retrofit market
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NewsBrussels backs 40% emissions reduction target
Members of the European parliament approve plans that should stimulate investment in green projects
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NewsMitie wins £1bn Green Deal job
Contractor named preferred bidder for Green Deal scheme in the Southampton region
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NewsContractors fear sudden cut to £1.3bn ECO programme
Construction businesses warn government review could trigger break clauses in retrofit contracts
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Features'The Treasury still have a completely outdated view of sustainability'
How should the government kick-start its stuttering sustainability policy? Building, Ecobuild and the UKGBC held three roundtables at three party conferences - and three common themes emerged
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NewsLords urged to back low carbon energy targets
Amendment to the Energy Bill designed to stimulate investment in low carbon infrastructure work
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NewsCarillion saves £10m through green push
Firm’s chief executive Richard Howson underlines business case for sustainability in construction
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FeaturesBudget submission: Dear George …
Ahead of this week’s Budget, Building wrote to the chancellor to put the case for the green economy. Let’s hope he listens
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NewsGlobal report makes business case for green building
World Green Building Council research asserts that ‘cost premium’ of eco-friendly construction is not as high as the industry assumes
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NewsLabour backs key green building campaign aims
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls backs key aims of Building’s Green for Growth campaign in letter to Eric Pickles
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NewsOver 25 MPs back Building’s Green for Growth campaign
MPs back motion in parliament expressing support for Building’s Green for Growth campaign
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FeaturesThe Green Deal
Building reports on why, without extra incentives, consumers could give the government’s energy efficiency scheme the cold shoulder
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FeaturesLessons in sustainability
With schools responsible for 50% of local authority carbon emissions, Matt Fulford looks at how simple measures can produce big savings
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CommentExploiting the green market
The green agenda is poised to create thousands of jobs and real growth. But imagination and commitment are needed to grasp this chance, says Willmott Dixon’s Chris Durkin
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CommentGreen and growth in an eco-village
The green economy needs to be driven by entrepreneurs not just government. Tim Byles explains how his JV with Bill Dunster aims to do just that with their eco-village in Devon
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FeaturesGreen for Growth: Zero-carbon homes
The industry needs some clarity on carbon reduction targets. Building looks at three examples of low and zero-carbon housing