Sustainability Comment – Page 4
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CommentLess regulation shouldn’t mean less green thinking
This week marks the fifth Green Sky Thinking week – time to look at sustainable design challenges
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CommentSustainability: The vision thing
Real sustainability means a built environment that can sustain its current, and future, population
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CommentWhat makes good housing?
When creating homes you have to put people first, then work on the buildings and spaces. Placemaking simply doesn’t work unless you start with a vision for the community
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CommentCapacity in the public sector is key
How can we ensure that a growing London is a liveable London?
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CommentIs the performance gap really such a mystery?
A lack of accountability is putting building performance in the UK well behind international operations
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CommentRenewables: Great expectations?
2015 seemed like a bad year for renewables – but was it? And what can we expect in 2016?
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CommentThe DEC decision
The government should strengthen, not abandon, the Display Energy Certificate system
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CommentWho turned up the heat?
Meeting carbon budgets outlined at the Paris Climate Conference is a regulation the UK might actually feel the effects of
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CommentFloods reaction: Simon Rawlinson, Arcadis UK
Given the events following Storm Desmond the need to reassess flood risk assumptions is clear – so that the right investments are made in the future and so the public better understands the problem
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CommentFloods reaction: Will McBain, Arup
The victims of the 2015 Cumbria floods should not be abandoned to their fates, particularly when there is a growing body of evidence that we are all culpable
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CommentFloods reaction: Sue Illman, CIC Champion for Flood Mitigation
While none of us want to spread unnecessary doom and gloom, no-one connected to the water industry is in any doubt about the problems we face
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CommentProtect infrastructure investment
We need to develop proactive strategies to protect ourselves from flooding
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CommentOverheating in homes: The hot topic
What is overheating in homes it and how can the industry deal with it?
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CommentGreen buildings: A new approach
Redefining the business case for creating sustainable buildings
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CommentWaste not, want not water management
Better, more effective water management and harvesting techniques need to be designed into every element of a building
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CommentAre net zero water buildings far off?
Adopting a more holistic approach to water management in buildings could get us on the path to net zero water buildings
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CommentGet ready for ESOS
The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme obliges large businesses to carry out regular energy audits
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CommentMeeting our greens
Despite rowing back on green policies, the UK has a positive story to tell
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CommentThe tides of change
Climate change means we need more joined up thinking to prevent flooding and storm damage