All Sustainability articles – Page 164
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NewsJohn Callcutt to head up green taskforce
Ruth Kelly appoints EP boss to champion government's package of green measures to the housebuilding industry
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NewsWind farm scaled back
Plans for the UK's largest onshore wind farm have been revised in response to conservationists' fears
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NewsPre-budget speech: All new homes to be zero carbon in 10 years
Chancellor Gordon Brown announces stamp duty exemption for new zero carbon homes
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Land values must fall 14% to make sense of eco promises
Stephen Stone, chief executive of Crest Nicholson, has said land values must drop by an average of 14% to enable eco-friendly schemes to stack up.
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Guinness quits zero carbon plan
One of the biggest housing associations has pulled out of the race to build London mayor Ken Livingstone’s zero carbon project in the Docklands.
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NewsBRE opens for business in Ireland
BRE joins forces with the education bodies in Limerick to establish BRE Ireland
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NewsMayor threatens to call in Stratford City scheme
Key scheme receives planning approval but may be called in by Ken Livingstone over energy targets
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NewsZero carbon cost study for Thames Gateway
Interim study by Turner & Townsend and Arup is presented at Thames Gateway Forum: report attached
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NewsWinners of the Sustainability Awards
Results from last night’s awards ceremony celebrating the pioneering construction of low carbon buildings
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NewsPlans revealed for £110m Welsh eco-resort
Bluestone holiday village in Pembrokeshire will feature a sub-tropical water world and snow centre
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FeaturesBeer, cannabis, glue and a generous helping of lime
No, not a recipe for a quiet night in, but rather the ingredients of Adnams’ deep green distribution centre. Thomas Lane went to Suffolk to meet a brewer with a difference
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WWF urges five year target for zero carbon homes
Green pressure group calls for government to make zero carbon condition of public funding
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Porritt welcomes industry’s new-build zero carbon group
The Construction Products Association has launched a group to achieve zero carbon new-build in the UK in the next 15 years.
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Moayedi launches green invention
Paris Moayedi’s business comeback is set to take another step forward when the former Jarvis man launches a renewable energy system at the end of this month.
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A guide to green offices
The British Council of Offices has published a guide on how to construct and maintain green buildings
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NewsDavis Langdon to offer carbon reduction service
Consultant to introduce carbon audits and advise on how to reduce emissions
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CommentBeside the seaside
When cheap flights become a thing of the past, people will once again yearn for good old British seaside resorts. So it’s about time we turned them into places where people might actually want to stay …
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Construction industry under fire over global warming
Stern Report points to lack of co-ordination and training as causes of poor quality buildings
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NewsDavis Langdon takes carbon neutral route
Consultant says it must set an example to clients by reducing energy consumption
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NewsClimate change report warns of economic disaster
Sir Nicholas Stern's report says failure to tackle climate change could reduce annual output by 10-20%