All Sustainability articles – Page 125
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Merton Rule pioneer leaves council for architect’s firm
One of the inventors of the controversial Merton Rule has been poached from Merton council by a small planning and architecture firm.
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Office owners overestimate their buildings’ energy ratings
Two-thirds of office landlords believe their buildings will get higher energy performance ratings than those anticipated by experts.
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FeaturesRob Hopkins: Eco Worrier
The era of cheap oil is over and our economic system is doomed, believes environmentalist Rob Hopkins. So is he gloomy? Not a bit of it. It’s such a tremendous opportunity.
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NewsTax rebate scheme backed at green Dragons' Den event
Green tariff proposal also backed by audience of sustainability professionals at Think and UK Green Building Council meeting. With video footage
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Online carbon calculator will help construction go green
Free tool helps calculate costs and benefits of carbon-saving techniques and technology
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NewsSolar power makes Lily Allen smile
Pop star uses solar-powered, sustainably built studio and supports renewable energy campaign
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NewsNew on-site measurement system launched in Merton
Scheme for private buildings involves attaching sensors to meters on turbines, solar PVs and other generators and outputting the information to a data logger
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The Weekly Green Gauge 28 April 2008
A brief riffle through the papers reveals a wandering jet stream, chimneys spewing flowers and corporations spewing nonsense.
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NewsYorkon offers green design options for modular buildings
Off-site manufacturing outfit unveils add-ons to make modular buildings more eco-friendly
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NewsDavid Strong on building ‘brand zero’
Chief executive of Inbuilt and founder of the UK Green Building Council asks how feasible is a zero-carbon built environment
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NewsArup to offer green design service
Arup is launching the strategy for ‘full sustainability’ at this year’s Think event
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NewsNew private sector body to lead drive towards zero-carbon
The government is to set up a private sector body to drive the move to zero-carbon housing by 2016.
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What it costs: BREEAM – how to get good grades
Many schools must now have a ‘very good’ BREEAM rating to meet regulations. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans outlines the ways to get credits and the associated costs
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FeaturesReducing heat loads: Testing the water at the University of Cambridge
Sustainability and innovation - When the architectural department at the University of Cambridge demanded a sustainable, lightweight building for its students, the designers had to overcome the problem of overheating
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NewsA comforting vision of L: KPMG in Canary Wharf
KPMG’s new building in Canary Wharf shows that comfortable, glass-clad offices and the CO2 emissions targets expected in the 2010 revision of Part L are not mutually exclusive.
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NewsThe Code for Sustainable Non-dwellings
In December, the UK Green Building Council published a report into the feasibility of replicating the Code for Sustainable Homes for all other building types. Nick Cullen of engineer Hoare Lea looks at what that report recommends and whether we can expect zero-carbon non-housing any time soon …
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NewsThe UK's first code level five homes
The new flats in Mid Street in the sleepy village of South Nutfield might not look like anything to scare the horses, but in fact they are quietly revolutionary. Alex Smith takes a trip to the country to see the UK’s first code-level-five sustainable homes
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Government to be compelled to use only energy-efficient offices
The government could be forced to buy or lease only energy-efficient buildings for its central estate, under plans proposed in a private member’s bill.
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Cork wall coverings
Urbane Living has expanded its range of eco wallpaper to include the texture of cork.