Sustainability News – Page 19
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NewsPlanning rules for wind farms tightened
Government gives greater weight to local concerns over renewable energy projects
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NewsWates team wins £200m Green Deal job
Contractor’s consortium with British Gas triumphs over Keepmoat and Gentoo team
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NewsBalfour picked for £346m Welsh windfarm
Balfour Beatty has been appointed preferred bidder to own and operate the £346m Gwynt y Môr offshore windfarm project, located off the north coast of Wales
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NewsSigned Green Deal plans rise to 36
Rise in number of Green Deal plans signed from 4 last month, but ‘virtually all’ cashback incentives paid out for boiler replacements
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NewsNG Bailey to cut employees’ carbon emissions by 20%
M E specialist sets ambitious target over next five years as part of wider sustainability strategy
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NewsWillmott and Keepmoat win place on Leeds retrofit job
Scheme is the forerunner to £100m city-region wide Green Deal scheme
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News'Conservatory tax' legal challenge fails
Court rejects the argument that government’s decision to scrap change to Part L of building regulations was unsound
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NewsCouncil tax incentive could boost Green Deal
UK Green Building Council says council tax incentive could lead to 1.5 million more households undertaking retrofit work
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NewsGovernment to look at ways to boost Green Deal
Letter from energy minister Greg Barker reveals government is planning a new industry group to find ways to boost demand for the Green Deal
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NewsGreen Deal overly focused on boilers
Fears grow over Green Deal after figures show measures focused on boiler replacements rather than building fabric
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NewsGreen Investment Bank boosted by £800m
Government gives green bank more money in its spending review settlement after the banks borrowing powers were delayed
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NewsBirmingham Green Deal take-up 'deeply concerning'
Take-up figures for the massive Birmingham Green Deal programme show just one in 680 homes signed up to a Green Deal plan
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NewsHS2 appoints sustainability consultants
Temple and RSK awarded contract to support further development of the northern route
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NewsGovernment slammed over Part L delay
Industry figures says uncertainty is bad for growth and risks undermining zero-carbon homes agenda
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NewsStricken Green Deal firm attracts interest
Enact receives 42 expressions of interest from buyers, leaving administrator confident of sale
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NewsDavey defends Green Deal after cavity wall measures plummet
Energy secretary says he’s ‘proud’ of Green Deal despite figures showing cavity wall insulation installations have collapsed
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NewsTim Yeo steps aside as committee chair
Tim Yeo steps aside from role as chair of energy and climate change committee while alleged lobbying breaches are investigated
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NewsYeo caught in lobbying sting
But chair of energy and climate change committee denies wrong doing