All Sustainability articles – Page 131
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Shortlisted bidders flee from EP flagship zero-carbon scheme
Viability concerns drive half the shortlist to ditch Carbon Challenge scheme in Peterborough
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NewsHowe Dell school, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire Council commissioned the project to test the latest eco-friendly system with its most intriguing feature being the temperature control
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NewsCameron backs builders' drive for a greener industry
Tory leader praises environmental construction campaign by Federation of Master Builders
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NewsElm Park, Dublin
Bucholz McEvoy Architects’ Elm Park is a stunning £300m mixed-use, sustainable extension to Dublin, made all the more attractive by the charmless dross that surrounds it
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‘Zero carbon’ to be defined by end of year
The industry has welcomed the promise in last week’s Budget to define what “zero-carbon housing” actually means.
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Government instigates Building Regulation revolution
Two years after it began, Building’s Reform the Regs campaign ends in victory
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NewsFirst new build EPC produced
Elmhurst Energy claims bragging rights for certificate for Leicestershire David Wilson home
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NewsGifford boss moves to sustainable software firm
Richard Quincey joins Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) as technical director.
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Leaky promises over EPCs
Back in 2002, the Government promised it would be able to implement every last scrap of European energy performance building legistlation on time. What happened next? Not an awful lot, says Andrew Warren of the Association for the Conservation of Energy, apart from a lot of CO2 emitting.
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NewsBankside 123
A giant £220m office development, delivered on time, to budget, with zero defects – and an admirable approach to sustainability
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NewsEco-experts to advise Whitehall civil servants
The government is setting up a Centre of Expertise for Sustainable Procurement to push departments to go greener
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NewsKingspan Lighthouse
This pioneering house-of-the-future is the first built to Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes, a testament to team working.
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NewsBudget 2008 - The Smaller Print
We run through the detail of Alistair Darling's speech last week and find plenty of activity being progressed in Whitehall to encourage and legislate low carbon buildings.
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NewsBudget reaction: Paradigm shift required
Last week's surprise announcement of 2019 as the deadline for building zero carbon non-domestic buildings will require radical rethinking for design teams, reckons Sean Lockie
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Sustainable building could be key to American carbon strategy
Green technology could cut buildings' energy needs by 70%, saving carbon equal to a year of US transport emissions
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NewsCIBSE BRE and Hoare Lea gear up for EPC deadline
Institution claims it will have 100 assessors ready for 6 April deadline and 300 in place by July. BRE and Hoare Lea also prepare ready for next month's deadline
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NewsMCM masterplans green development in Moscow
The scheme will avoid 'eco-bling' but include high-grade insulation and a 'heat sink' lake
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Last-minute clearance for HIPs energy software
SAP programme sorted ahead of 6 April deadline for energy assessment for new housing
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Barking gas power station to convert to waste plant
Rambol Whitbybird to work on 'continental' style scheme to save 96,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.
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NewsGovernment grants eleventh-hour EPC reprieve
Six-month breathing space granted amid concern over shortage of assessors