All Sustainability UK policy and regulation articles – Page 9
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CommentWho’s responsible for making the Green Deal work?
The government should have realised long ago that small firms were best placed to deliver its flagship scheme
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NewsIndustry casts doubt on Barker's Green Deal claims
Industry leaders question energy minister’s claim that 81% of people taking a Green Deal assessment carry out retrofit work
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CommentThe blame game
It seems odd that Barker should think it’s understandable that he got it wrong, but that construction firms should have seen the lacklustre performance coming
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NewsIndustry warns over lack of UK green energy targets
Brussels commits to Europe-wide target of producing 27% of energy from renewables by 2030, but there will be no binding target for the UK
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CommentDavos, irony and how wealth disparity shapes our cities
It is not without some irony that the big discussion emerging this year at Davos is growing wealth inequalities
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NewsGreg Barker: 'Carillion should examine its Green Deal business model'
Energy minister attacks big construction firms that are struggling to make the government’s flagship energy efficiency scheme work
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NewsBarker admits Green Deal forecast was ‘spectacularly wrong’
Energy minister admits prediction that 10,000 Green Deal plans would be signed in the first year of the flagship scheme was well off
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NewsJust 626 Green Deals completed in scheme's first year
Official statistics reveal flagship retrofit scheme dramatically underperformed in the 12 months since its launch
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CommentWe need Green Deal 2.0
The Green Deal celebrates its first rocky year in existence this month, it now needs to evolve
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NewsIndustry calls for Green Deal loan guarantees
UK Green Building Council report calls for government to underwrite Green Deal loans in bid to bring down interest rate and drive take up
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NewsRetrofit delivering 'half the energy savings promised'
In a bow to the Green Deal, analysis of government data finds energy efficiency measures only delivering half the savings promised
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CommentAllowable Solutions must deliver for the public
The public may not understand what a zero carbon home is but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t deliver for them
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CommentPoliticians need to take green drive up a gear
How much will the EU’s new targets for reducing carbon emissions fuel energy efficiency work in the near term?
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NewsLabour plans to boost retrofit with Green Deal guarantee
Shadow energy minister reveals strategy to drive take-up of beleaguered energy efficiency scheme
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CommentEnergy firms are getting off scot-free under ECO reforms
George Osborne has eviscerated ECO and left it in a position where nearly no work needs to be done
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CommentBIM won't drive green construction
It’s not the tools that are stopping us building greener buildings, it’s us
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NewsIntroduction of flood alleviation measures delayed
Nearly four years after a law was passed to increase the use of sustainable urban drainage systems vital infrastructure for their roll-out is still not ready
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CommentWhy do we put up with these dumb homes?
If our homes were a car they would be about as advanced as a 1950s Cadillac
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NewsBrussels backs 40% emissions reduction target
Members of the European parliament approve plans that should stimulate investment in green projects
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CommentWhat does 2014 hold for sustainability?
My four predictions for the sustainability agenda this year