All Sustainability articles – Page 127
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NewsPiccadilly line trains to be cleaned with recycled water
Tubelines announces it is building a rainwater harvest system to be in use by June
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NewsThe Weekly Green Gauge 18 April 2008
Stern piles alarm upon panic and Bush still does nothing. So where should I put my solar PV array? in this week's Green Gauge
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NewsGrowing hemp houses in Three Gardens
The last nut and bolt are tightened on ground breaking eco-friendly housing scheme in Suffolk
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NewsThink 08: You don't always need to invent innovation
Don’t reinvent the wheel until you know how to drive. Why innovation needs to focus on techniques as much as whizzy products, writes Jon de Souza, director of regions and demonstrations at Constructing Excellence, who is speaking at next month's Think event
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NewsSustainability TV - Our first news show
See the latest headlines and special reports in our new 10-minute show
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NewsBRE gains UKAS for the microgeneration scheme
Accreditation given for certification of installers, heat pumps, solar heating collectors, micro wind turbines and non-roof integrated photo voltaic products
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NewsCode for Sustainable Homes: Sometimes things aren't as green as they seem
Here’s a riddle: how do you build homes that emit more carbon dioxide than your rivals’ yet still achieve a higher Code for Sustainable Homes rating? Simple, says Chloe Stothart: go electric
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Archive TitlesBlinded by eco-bling
Rather than get too excited by whizzy green technology for new homes, we should focus our efforts on the 21 million houses built before 1980. But will homeowners be ready to make the effort?
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NewsOffices to come under MPs’ scrutiny
Inquiry being launched into ways of improving the energy efficiency of commercial and industrial building
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How do you solve a problem like sustainability
Sustainability is the subject of the first survey of the Regenerate Leaders, our think-tank of regeneration’s top executives. What emerges is that the industry is eager to act, but desperate for a clearer lead from government on the most joined-up, sensible and effective way to do so.
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CommentWhat a relief
It may look like fiddling while Rome burns but the tax measures in last month’s Budget may actually get our industry to become a bit more eco-conscious
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NewsBuilding launches sustainability forum
Debate and discuss the latest green issues as well as share information and tips on sustainable design and construction in our New green forum site
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International professionals ignorant of CO2 from buildings, report finds
Architects, contractors, developers and agents underestimate carbon usage from the built environment according to a new survey
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CIOB highlights lack of clarity in inert waste review
Regulations could just complicate environmental approval system without tackling real issues, says CIOB
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NewsThe Weekly Green Gauge 11 April 2008
A US-themed Green Gauge this week, with the country belching CO2 and Ted Turner belching hyperbole
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Why SWMPs are a wasted opportunity
New site waste management plans will help cut waste on larger sites but will do little to target the biggest wasters of them all, flytippers
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NewsArchitects question Building Regulation changes
Government reforms to building regs are not "holistic" claim RIBA and Charterd Institute of Architectural Technologists
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NewsRedlands Primary School conversion
Construction Excellence surveys the school which has taken sustainable steps including water harvesting wind turbines
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BRE working with Chinese government
The Watford-based research firm will open a Beijing office at the end of the year
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NewsEPCs are here, assessors are not
Not a single specialist energy assessor had qualified in time for the launch of EPCs