All Sustainability articles – Page 149
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New sustainable property fund launched
DTZ teams up with Kenmore Property Group and Forum for the Future to create European office fund
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NewsHomeowners don’t know how to make homes greener
Survey finds 60% of homeowners are unaware of simple measures to make homes energy efficient
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NewsProtesters remain at Kent power station
Greenpeace activists have continued their protest overnight at Kingsnorth power station, 18 have been arrested
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NewsFuturistic bird centre to land in Teeside
Saltholme lakeside project for RSPB will incoporate both aircraft construction techniques and rammed earth construction
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Price & Myers sustainability boss joins WSP
Prashant Kapoor moves to engineering group to head sustainable planning and research team
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NewsGreenpeace activists storm Kent power plant
Over 50 protesters have broken into Kingsnorth power plant to protest at plans for a new coal-fired station on the site
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NewsArchitect's new office wins RIBA award
Architype's Upper Twyford Barn sustainable building in Hereford praised for being elegant and durable
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NewsLetwin lobbies on zero carbon definition chaos
Tory MP writes to Chancellor to demand clarification on stamp duty exemption
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NewsZero-carbon homes shock as national grid energy barred
Government says off-site sources ‘not eligible unless directly connected to the development’
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NewsEco-town contenders mark out possible brownfield sites
Manchester and Birmingham head list of local authorities gearing up for eco-town bids
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FeaturesSweden's green utopia
This new Stockholm suburb demonstrates how simple, robust, centralised systems can outperform flashy designs bristling with turbines. But can it work as a model for Gordon Brown’s eco-towns?
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NewsNew software released to measure embodied energy
Edinburgh consultant develops tools for carbon measurement which has already been used by contractor Willmott Dixon
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NewsSustainable office on a shoestring
Web exclusive: Here’s a new office in Manchester that’s making sustainable virtues out of a tight budget. Will Jones reports on the planned Hive building for developer Argent
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NewsLend Lease boss urges industry to measure its footprint
Labbad stresses the need for companies to report their environmental performance as his firm reveals its own carbon impact
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NewsNottingham students build eco home
Midlands university students create C60 house with super insultation and efficient ventilation
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NewsGalliford Try picked for major carbon neutral scheme
English Partnerships selects housebuilder and Affinity Sutton Group as preferred bidder on regeneration project
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NewsIndustry backs waste recycling regulations
Government report finds 75% support measures to tackle illegal waste disposal
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NewsGovernment responds to zero carbon home definition confusion
DCLG issues detailed guidance on zero carbon as part of Code for Sustainable Homes programme
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NewsSevern Barrage given cautious backing
Sustainable Development Commission report finds that tidal scheme could generate 4.4% of Uk electricity supply
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NewsEco-education
The Genesis Centre in Taunton, Somerset, has a messianic mission to spread the word on sustainable materials and techniques.