All articles by John Tebbit

  • John Tebbit
    Comment

    Hedgehog ramps and hypocrisy

    2014-02-24T08:21:00Z

    Flooding in Somerset has a lesson to teach us about our decisions when it comes to living with nature

  • John Tebbit
    Comment

    BIM won't drive green construction

    2014-01-14T08:19:00Z

    It’s not the tools that are stopping us building greener buildings, it’s us

  • John Tebbit
    Comment

    A building is not just for Christmas, it’s for life

    2013-12-17T09:34:00Z

    Here’s how you find the best or most sustainable material or product for your building

  • John Tebbit
    Comment

    Harnessing the hatred of energy firms

    2013-11-18T06:00:00Z

    Energy efficiency is not very cool but neither is giving all your money to the big six

  • John Tebbit
    Comment

    Let’s agree on the data, then argue about what it means

    2013-10-17T06:00:00Z

    If you’ve not got hard facts on sustainability your argument about it, whatever it is, isn’t worth much

  • John Tebbit
    Comment

    Why are sustainbility standards invisible?

    2013-09-25T06:00:00Z

    We’ve had standards on assessing the sustainability of products for decades - why do so many people fail to acknowledge them?

  • John Tebbit
    Comment

    Part L: This is the bare minimum

    2013-07-31T00:00:00Z

    These changes as the bare minimum to retain credibility for zero carbon from 2016

  • News

    Water efficiency

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Often overshadowed by energy, water efficiency is about to get its own tough rulesJohn Tebbit, industry affairs director of the Construction Products Association

  • News

    Zero carbon homes

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    All new homes are going to have to be zero carbon by 2016. But what exactly is zero carbon? And how are we supposed to achieve this target?John Tebbit, industry affairs director for the Construction Products Association, reports

  • Building a greener future
    Features

    You wait all year for a green initiative ...

    2007-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Sustainability Having introduced a raft of sustainability measures just before Christmas, the government must allow them time to develop into a clear strategy.

  • Features

    Update: Regulations

    2006-05-05T00:00:00Z

    The Construction Products Association's John Tebbit finds that there's a worrying degree of rule-bending when it comes to complying with Building Regulations

  • Features

    Projects update: Regulations

    2006-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Not only is the controversial Code for Sustainable Homes a watered-down version of BRE’s EcoHomes scheme, but it will have to be revised in about three years …

  • John Tebbit
    News

    Future perfect

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Imagine a world in which there was a single regulatory checklist and software could check compliance in the time it takes to eat a sandwich. It’s easy if you try …

  • John Tebbit, Construction Products Assocation
    Features

    L of a challenge

    2004-10-04T15:04:00Z

    Industry has less than a month to respond to the ODPM’s radical proposals for Part L of the building regs. John Tebbit, industry affairs director at the CPA, picks out the highlights.