All Sustainability articles – Page 15
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NewsGovernment backtracks on FITs cuts
Green subsidy to be cut by 64%, rather than the 87% reduction originally proposed
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NewsUK 'must do more' after Paris climate agreement
CBI calls on UK to do more to promote cleaner energy
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NewsRenewables face VAT hike
Government launches consultation proposing tax increase for rooftop solar panels and wind turbines to comply with EU law
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FeaturesParis summit: Feeling the heat
At this week’s UN Climate Change Summit, the UK could no longer boast of having the greenest policies in the room. So after several months of Conservative policy changes, how is the country measuring up to its own targets?
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CommentFloods reaction: Will McBain, Arup
The victims of the 2015 Cumbria floods should not be abandoned to their fates, particularly when there is a growing body of evidence that we are all culpable
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CommentFloods reaction: Simon Rawlinson, Arcadis UK
Given the events following Storm Desmond the need to reassess flood risk assumptions is clear – so that the right investments are made in the future and so the public better understands the problem
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CommentFloods reaction: Sue Illman, CIC Champion for Flood Mitigation
While none of us want to spread unnecessary doom and gloom, no-one connected to the water industry is in any doubt about the problems we face
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FeaturesEnvironment Agency on flooding: 'We're doing our bit. Are you doing yours?'
The director of strategy and investment joined industry experts to debate flood preparedness in the UK
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NewsUK firms pledge carbon reduction at Paris summit
At Buildings Day at global climate summit contractors and developers pledge to limit emissions
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NewsCrest Nicholson UK’s ‘greenest housebuilder’
Firm ranked ahead of Barratt and Lendlease in report, written by HCA, Jones Lang LaSalle and the UKGBC
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CommentProtect infrastructure investment
We need to develop proactive strategies to protect ourselves from flooding
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NewsClimate change watchdog calls for massive roll-out of insulation
Committee on Climate Change urges insulation of 3.5 million homes and switch to electric vehicles
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NewsChancellor grants reprieve to RHI subsidy scheme
Spending Review 2015: ‘Cheaper’ alternative to the ECO scheme also announced
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NewsIndustry fears Osborne will axe heat subsidy
Concerns grow that renewable heat incentive could be up for the chop in tomorrow’s spending review
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NewsBRE acquires rival green rating scheme
Acquisition of CEEQUAL part of BRE move to create a new BREEAM infrastructure standard
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NewsDeveloper plans £1.8bn offshore wind farm
Offshore wind farm developer Scottish Power Renewables submits plans for 172-turbine project
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CommentOverheating in homes: The hot topic
What is overheating in homes it and how can the industry deal with it?
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NewsGovernment plans offshore wind auctions
Energy secretary Amber Rudd says subsidies conditional on reducing cost of offshore wind
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NewsUK to close coal power stations by 2025
Energy secretary Amber Rudd to put energy security rather than tackling climate change at heart of policy
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NewsHansford calls for solid wall insulation boost
Construction adviser Peter Hansford authors report on boosting solid wall insulation