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Government moots SAP levy
The government is considering introducing a levy on domestic Energy Performance Certificates to pay for the expansion of the system used to assess the energy efficiency of houses
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FeaturesSustainability costs: Refurbishment
The advent of EPCs means commercial landlords can no longer ignore the inefficiency of existing stock. Richard Quartermaine of Cyril Sweett breaks down the costs of revamping these energy guzzlers
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NewsAukett Fitzroy Robinson to design Solihull business park
Forty-one acre site will include new offices and landscaping
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NewsDevelopers fear becoming green energy suppliers
Survey reveals that a third of firms expect to become responsible for renewable energy generation
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NewsWork starts on Metz's £40m South Leicestershire College
Bowmer & Kirkland begins construction of new campus building featuring Arup-engineered steel sculpture
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Comment
Most local builders are now shedding jobs as workload collapses
The latest survey of local builders by their trade body FMB paints a grim picture with workload, inquiries and employment plunging.This throws into question how focused the Government is on saving jobs in the construction industry.If saving jobs is top of the agenda it should think a lot more about ...
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Comment
Did monthly new orders really hit an all time record low in November 2008?
I have been seeing a lot of "worst ever" and "worst since at least" stories about the November new orders figures.I am conscious that so many statistics are being thrown around at the moment that it is confusing. And there is enough distress out there as it is.So I thought ...
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NewsThe very depths of holl…
David Boyes from Davis Langdon took this photo of safety precautions in Huddersfield. We’re intrigued – just how deep is this “holl”?
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Detox issue: January 2009
One thing that is definitely going to survive the credit crunch is the drive to cut the UKs carbon emissions 80% by 2050. So welcome to a world of whirling propellers, humming reactors, tourniquet-tight regulation and energy certificates scattered like confetti over the built environment. Our ...
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NewsCubans in Castleford
Designs for a “conceptual” cultural centre for a West Yorkshire town have gone on show as part of its regeneration plans
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Planning applications: December 2008
Residential schemes at planning stage hold steady and some very big projects are in the pipeline
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CommentMy digital life:Kai Midgl
What is your favourite website? Travelsupermarket.com because I like weekends away and I use it a lot for getting flights and deals on hotel rooms
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CommentDing dongs merrily on high
The season of goodwill to all men is well and truly over and it’s back to the usual name-calling, back-stabbing and top-level fist-fighting. A sigh of relief all round, then…
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CommentWonders & blunders
David Mann tells a tale of two shopping malls, one in the friendly North, the other in the grim South
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CommentFancy a brew?
Hugh Wilson and Lewis Womersley’s design for the Arndale was begun in 1972 and when it was completed in 1979 it was the largest covered town shopping centre in Europe, attracting 750,000 shoppers a week
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CommentDo I know you?
The £1.6bn, 150,000m2 Westfield Centre in west London was opened on 30 October 2008
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CommentYou’re part of the problem
“BSF Schools: Why is it so difficult?” was the web headline of an article in your 9 January issue.
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Comment
Hurrah for eco-towns!
It would be surprising if developments of the scale of new towns were not the subject of debate and controversy, but your article on eco-towns (19 December, page 19) fails to do justice to the scale of the ambition behind the programme.