All Sustainability articles – Page 122
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NewsOlympic Stadium could be recycled for 2016 Games
Olympic chiefs in talks with 2016 bidders on shipping over temporary parts
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Software shows planners how to meet carbon targets
'C-Plan' developed with South Bank University uses traffic light system to collect evidence of sustainable energy plans
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NewsHow the government killed off Steptoe & Son
One of the UK's leading demolition contractors argues that the UK had a thriving trade in recycling until the bureaucrats came along
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NewsBRE to establish base at University of East Anglia
BRE is recruiting environmental scientists to work on project which will start in Autumn
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NewsOffice schemes could offer solution to overheated tubes
Plan to use surplus power from nearby buildings is latest move in the struggle to cool the underground
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FeaturesSweden's leading light
Lighting has a critical role to play in the sustainability of our buildings. One Swedish firm, though, hasn’t forgotten the aesthetic side …
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Water regs to cut waste and scalding
The government has proposed changes to the Building Regulations to improve water efficiency and reduce the danger of scalding.
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MPs accuse industry of ‘feeble excuses’ on zero carbon
MPs have accused the housebuilding industry of making “feeble excuses” to avoid making new homes zero carbon by 2016 and “dragging its feet on renewables”.
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NewsRogers: eco towns not sustainable
Labour peer says eco-town plans 'one of the biggest mistakes government could make'
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NewsLegal threat over display certificates, experts warn
Thousands of individual legal cases could be launched into the definition of the word 'public' unless clear Government guidance given
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NewsThe Weekly Green Gauge 19 May 2008
Hands under the ocean, zero agreement on carbon and why some civil engineering projects in the developing world might be the last of their kind.
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Wildlife groups trump £1bn Scottish golf scheme
Environmentalists propose alternative layout to protect sand dunes from Donald Trump's planned golf resort
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Tell us what you think of our new sustainability channel and you could win one of four green gift vouchers
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NewsReport finds sustainable schools don’t cost the earth
Consultant Faithful + Gould and BRE Trust say BREEAM schools rating can be achieved at little extra cost
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NewsCarillion named second greenest company in UK
Skanska MCM Architecture and Berkeley Homes also among most sustainable companies according to The Sunday Times Green List
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NewsStrengthen eco-credentials through recycled and secondary aggregates
Lytag chief executive Gareth Moores looks at how using common construction materials can make a building project greener without demanding big changes
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NewsCost of running a facility rises 10% in four years
Report on US energy use trends in buildings finds consumption declining while utility costs continue to rise
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NewsMoveable Torfaen EcoBuilding
White Design worked on the £325,000 scheme using the latest eco-techniques and technology to provide a green benchmark
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NewsView from the rooftop
Building’s 99% campaign highlighted the need to drastically improve the energy efficiency of existing stock. Here, Greg Slater of PRP Architects considers what needs to be done to upgrade the nation’s housing
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News‘Near’ zero-carbon house planned
Housebuilder Stewart Milne and Oxford Brookes University will carry out a full post-occupancy evaluation of its prototype house