All Sustainability Design articles – Page 7
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NewsRenzo Piano's Kimble art gallery pavillion opens
Solar photovoltaic roof generates electricity for building lighting and cooling
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CommentHow well do we measure the performance gap?
The performance gap tests that we used, according to research from 2007, may be flawed. It’s an area of concern for those looking to comply with Part L.
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CommentA building is not just for Christmas, it’s for life
Here’s how you find the best or most sustainable material or product for your building
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CommentTrue sustainability comes from the boardroom
The housebuilders that are performing on sustainability don’t wait for regulation to drive them
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CommentShould taxi drivers run the country?
My cabbie’s idea to lay a great water pipe under HS2 to transport water from north to south is not as daft as it seems
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CommentWho has a sustainable vision in this government?
The Autumn Statement failed to tackle the key challenges we face
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CommentLinking the global to the local
In designing and constructing the built environment we now have to consider the global impacts of our choices as well as the local ones
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FeaturesTop sustainable housebuilders: NextGeneration Initiative
The latest league table from the NextGeneration Initiative reveals mixed results for housebuilders on their sustainability targets this year
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NewsHCA moved to suppress advice to replace green Code
Housing quango moved to have call for a replacement for the Code for Sustainable Homes cut from NextGeneration report
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NewsBerkeley named UK's most sustainable housebuilder
Firm sets new record score to top table of 25 biggest housebuilders
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CommentThe challenge of providing public open space
We know parks and trees in our cities are good for public health so how do we fund them?
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CommentTechnology is a wonderful thing - but only if you know how to use it
Research into consumer attitudes to low and zero carbon technologies reveals contains some important lessons for the industry
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NewsMPs slam plans to scrap Code for Sustainable Homes
Government plans would hold back green growth Environmental Audit Committee finds
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CommentHave we wasted the latest good crisis?
Exhortation changes little in this industry - challenges like mass retrofitting of housing depends on regulation
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NewsModern homes could save £1,400 per year on energy bills
Figure expected to rise to £1,840 as new zero carbon targets are introduced
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CommentHeat networks aren't always a hot idea
It’s assumed combined heat and power plants for residential schemes reduce fuel poverty, but it may not be that simple
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CommentWill Part L 2013 really make any difference?
The transition to the new standards didn’t work well last time, it won’t this time
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CommentEnergy infrastructure is fundamentally local
Both construction and energy markets are too centralised and not equiped to tackle climate change
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CommentLooking beyond the horizon
Zoologists, scientists and chemists could provide construction with a fresh perspective on cutting carbon emissions from buildings