All Sustainability articles – Page 158
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CommentThe Polish Olympics
The Beijing Olympics are mainly being built by British firms, but if we don’t want our own Games built by eastern European labour, we need to train our young people now
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NewsGalloping towards sustainability targets
BRE is converting a Victorian stable block into housing as part of a £2.7m project designed to demonstrate how the UK’s vast stock of old buildings can be brought up to modern environmental standards.
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Survey reveals apathy towards energy certificates
Three-quarters of respondents tell Building they will make no or only minor changes to property
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CommentLet me draw you an analogy ...
Adam Poole and Simon Foxell Should we rush to launch our grand campaign to achieve zero-carbon buildings asap? Or should we settle back and watch a film first?
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NewsBurger fat to power 60,000 homes
Agri-Energy reveals plans for a £50m plant in Wales that will convert cooking oil and crops into electricity and bio-diesel
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Neighbour objects to Blair’s solar panels
Objection threatens Tony Blair’s plans to install solar panels and CCTV cameras at his new London home
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NewsCrest Nicholson wins Queen's Award for Enterprise
Award given for measures to reduce carbon footprint and determination to spread good practice
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NewsGambling on green is still an outside bet
Companies won't start installing wind turbines until green profits become sustainable
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NewsSpending watchdog savages government’s green record
National Audit Office lays into government’s management of its own buildings
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NewsNHBC: Green regulation will mean less living space
Renewable technologies will create homes with larger footprints or smaller living space
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FeaturesFibre optic solar lighting
Swedish company Parans is introducing the Parans System to the UK. The system enables natural sunlight to be piped deep into buildings in thin, flexible fibre-optic cables. Unlike traditional sun pipes, which take up space and usually have to be installed during construction or disruptively later, the Parans System’s optical ...
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Innovative electrical production
EC Power has developed the XRGI, a micro combined heat and power (CHP) generator.
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District heating system
Heat exchanger specialist Alfa Laval has introduced a district heating substation to provide and regulate heating and hot water for single-family homes.
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Flat plate solar collector
Heating products maker Vaillant has added the Aurotherm VFK 900 to its solar heating range.
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NewsWhat the code will cost
So now we have an idea of what the code for sustainable homes will require and when it will require it. what we didn’t know, until now, is what the damage to our wallets would be …
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Green offices: cheaper than you might think ...
A report commissioned by Building says a 2.5% increase in rents could make new-build offices 25% more energy efficient than the current version of Part L of the Building Regulations.
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Ecoterre earth brick
Ibstock Brick has launched the Ecoterre Earth, an unfired clay brick designed for use in internal party walls.
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QCs enter legal spat over bird protection areas
The government’s wildlife watchdog has called in top QCs to defend its moratorium on new housing across a large stretch of the Home Counties.
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Sanyo air conditioning
Sanyo Air Conditioners has launched an air-conditioning system partially powered by photovoltaic (PV) panels.