Sustainability Comment – Page 11
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CommentWhat's missing from the Energy Bill
UK’s energy targets won’t be met if Ministers fail to provide more detail on energy targets and time scale
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CommentIncentives key for Passivhaus in UK
Market forces alone won’t raise standards says consultant behind the Passivhaus Diary
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CommentHas cavity wall got a future in low energy building projects?
One year on from the completion of the UK’s first cavity wall, the International Passivhaus conference takes place this Saturday (28 May 2011) in Innsbuck. Green Building Store’s Bill Butcher, project leader on the Denby Dale Passivhaus, will be speaking on the subject ’Passivhaus and cavity wall construction’. Here he ...
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CommentTown and country
Protecting the green belt from redevlopment is not the same as protecting the English countryside. If we work sustainably, we can create a better, greener future
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CommentWhy WWF had to leave the Carbon Taskforce
Groundbreaking green policy has been undermined by government says WWF campaign manager Darren Shirley
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CommentGreen cheers as Carbon Plan commits to commercial DECs
The Carbon Plan brings clarity to green policy including a commitment to make display energy certificates mandatory in commercial buildings
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David Strong: 'The Green Deal won't just be for insulation"
The former managing director of BRE Environment on the rise of Ecobuild and how the government will push the green agenda
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CommentPassivhaus at Ecobuild: separating the hits from the hype
The voice behind our original Passivhaus Diary picks out his 2011 exhibition highlights
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BuildingTV: Paul Morrell's five-low carbon challenges for construction
After publishing his Innovation and Growth Team report Paul Morrell spells out the changes needed to create a low-carbon economy
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CommentGreen Deal needs both carrot and stick
Requirement for landlords to improve housing performance at the tenants request shows government is serious about on green policy
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CommentIt will take a joint effort to improve BREEAM
If we want an effective way to rate refurbs and fit-outs we need the BRE and the RICS to work together, argues RICS head of policy
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CommentThe land of the Dachdeckermeister
Germany’s technical and political approach to sustainable construction is much more advanced than the UK’s. So why don’t we steal a few ideas from them
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CommentGreen 2012 expertise in danger of being lost
Government departments must harness the sustainable expertise gained from building the 2012 London Olympics
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CommentGreen refurbishment won't happen without cash incentives
The government must bring in financial incentives in its Green Deal to encourage homeowners to upgrade their homes
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CommentPassivhaus: the power of shared ideas
A road trip to Dresden reinforces the Passivhaus ethos – and provides an ego boost
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Comment10 changes to Part L for 2010
Our energy expert runs through the parts of the new rules that will have the biggest impact
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CommentEU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: The writing on the wall
The EU will soon be changing its directive on the energy performance of buildings. All well and good, says David Strong, but its plans for display certificates make no sense at all
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CommentGreen paper: Eco-ratings in contracts
Clients and buyers have come to expect a high sustainability rating for their property, but where does that leave the contractor?
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Burning questions: Waste disposal strategies
Paul Mansouri and Mark Berry As Costain’s £398m waste project in Manchester confirmed, muck and brass are as linked as ever. The link between muck and renewable fuel is more recent
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Farming today: The logistics of building wind farms
Developers might be keen to jump on the renewable energy bandwagon but building a wind farm has its own logistical, commercial and legal challenges