All Sustainability articles – Page 164
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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%
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NewsWind turbine lost overboard
Parts of a wind turbine being transported to the Western Isles have been lost in the North Sea
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FeaturesBuilding buys the popcorn
Yes, we’re branching out. Inspired by the success of ‘Building buys a pint’, we took a group from consultant WSP to see Al Gore’s eco-documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Lydia Stockdale forked out for the Butterkist …
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CommentDongtan-on-Thames
THE VIEW FROM THE EDGE — Shanghai’s eco-city is creating a precedent that developments like the Thames Gateway ignore at their peril
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Next generation of solar panels arrives in Wales
US firm will manufacture “flexible” PVs at a new factory in South Wales
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NewsGalliford Try to build Europe’s biggest onshore wind farm
The contractor will start construction immediately on the £79m Whitelee Wind Farm near Glasgow
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NewsPart L compliance software rereleased following criticism
The new version of SBEN features easier data entry, simpler ventilation figures and a more accurate database