All Sustainability Design articles – Page 5
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NewsBouygues to build London’s first Passivhaus School
Contractor wins £5m revamp of Tower Hamlets school
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CommentCan industry go green when government wavers?
The latest minor upgrade to Part L of the Building Regulations is symptomatic of a wider malaise
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CommentBuilding a resilient future
What did we learn at Ecobuild about how buildings can be made to cope with rising temperatures?
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CommentLearning from the flooding
We need to develop a multi-disciplinary approach to reduce future flooding risks
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NewsHousing industry 'focused on profit over sustainability'
Ecobuild latest: Only 44,000 UK homes were Code for Sustainable Homes certified in 2012
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News'Lazy' contractors holding back recyclable buildings
Ecobuild latest: Foster and Partners architect hits out at contractors over low levels of recyclable content in buildings
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NewsSweett man wins Rising Star Award 2014
Ecobuild latest: Phil Birch wins UK-GBC and PRP’s sustainability award
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NewsRoyal Docks competition winner revealed
Ecobuild latest: A proposal to turn Silvertown Dock into a new type of marina has won a competition aimed at coming up with idea to transform the Royal Docks in east london
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NewsUK and France sweep board at green building awards
Ecobuild latest: Green projects in the UK and France picked up the gongs at the annual BREEAM awards
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NewsCall for low-cost housing in London city centre
Ecobuild latest: RIBA Gold Medallist 2014 Joseph Rykwert brands British cities ‘sick’
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NewsLack of skills to blame for energy ‘performance gap’
Ecobuild latest: Zero Carbon Hub report examines reasons why buildings so often fail to achieve the level of energy efficiency performance they are designed to
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CommentFarewell to the Code for Sustainable Homes
The government is right to want to scrap the Code for Sustainable Homes
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CommentWe need to safeguard air quality in our homes
The UK is falling behind its European counterparts in this vital area
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NewsStudy to make case for benefits of green offices
Ecobuild latest: World Green Building Council launches study to measure the health and productivity benefits of sustainable office buildings
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CommentHidden challenges
Overheating is just one of the previously unreported design issues we face - the government must invest in sustainability to avert a national crisis
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NewsRevealed: New-build flats at high risk of overheating
Ecobuild latest: Report by Good Homes Alliance shows danger to vulnerable residents in accommodation built after 2000
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CommentWatch your optimism
It’s tempting to think that doing our little bit to reduce carbon emissions saves us from having to confront the reality of what is happening to our planet - and the discomforting truth that we’re not doing enough to save it
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CommentDon't expect economics to be the answer to nimbyism
The Wolfson economics prize for a new Garden City is laudable, but rational arguments may not be enough to persuade those opposed to development
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NewsWillmott Dixon to build first phase of Oxfordshire eco-town
Contractor to build out first phase of developer A2 Dominion’s eco-town project in Bicester, Oxfordshire
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CommentThe world needs a 'resilience compass'
We are used to the idea of a ‘moral compass’ and have developed legal structures around it but there are few legal structures around ecological protection