Sustainability News – Page 9
-
NewsRenewables face VAT hike
Government launches consultation proposing tax increase for rooftop solar panels and wind turbines to comply with EU law
-
NewsUK firms pledge carbon reduction at Paris summit
At Buildings Day at global climate summit contractors and developers pledge to limit emissions
-
NewsCrest Nicholson UK’s ‘greenest housebuilder’
Firm ranked ahead of Barratt and Lendlease in report, written by HCA, Jones Lang LaSalle and the UKGBC
-
NewsClimate change watchdog calls for massive roll-out of insulation
Committee on Climate Change urges insulation of 3.5 million homes and switch to electric vehicles
-
NewsChancellor grants reprieve to RHI subsidy scheme
Spending Review 2015: ‘Cheaper’ alternative to the ECO scheme also announced
-
NewsIndustry fears Osborne will axe heat subsidy
Concerns grow that renewable heat incentive could be up for the chop in tomorrow’s spending review
-
NewsBRE acquires rival green rating scheme
Acquisition of CEEQUAL part of BRE move to create a new BREEAM infrastructure standard
-
NewsDeveloper plans £1.8bn offshore wind farm
Offshore wind farm developer Scottish Power Renewables submits plans for 172-turbine project
-
NewsGovernment plans offshore wind auctions
Energy secretary Amber Rudd says subsidies conditional on reducing cost of offshore wind
-
NewsUK to close coal power stations by 2025
Energy secretary Amber Rudd to put energy security rather than tackling climate change at heart of policy
-
NewsHansford calls for solid wall insulation boost
Construction adviser Peter Hansford authors report on boosting solid wall insulation
-
NewsSolar firm blasts ‘catastrophic’ FITs cuts
Solar panel supplier Skyline Solar says FITs cuts likely to lose it multimillion-pound orders
-
NewsWorld's largest floating wind farm green lit
Developer Statoil given marine license for floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Peterhead, Scotland
-
NewsWorld's largest offshore wind farm to go ahead
Developer makes final investment decision on Walney wind farm in the Irish Sea
-
NewsRegulatory overhaul needed to tackle overheating homes
Report outlines a number of proposals to avoid problems associated with ‘urban heat islands’
-
NewsGlobal campaign launched to boost sustainable building
World Green Building Council initiative comes before UN Climate Change Conference in December
-
NewsWork starts on Europe's largest floating solar farm
United Utilities begins installing 12,000 panels on a reservoir in Greater Manchester
-
NewsSolar body launches '£1 rescue plan'
Solar Trade Association says its rescue plan would add £1 to household energy bills and save 27,000 jobs
-
NewsCouncil offices win PM's building award
Five Pancras Square, which houses Camden Council’s offices, wins Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award
-
NewsMark Group insulation business saved by management buyout
New company formed by previous management at collapsed Mark Group buys insulation business