All Sustainability articles – Page 17
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FeaturesBES: Birmingham or bust
Birmingham council has scrapped its energy efficiency drive. We look at how the £1bn Birmingham Energy Savers scheme and the Green Deal’s fates were inextricably bound, and what the city’s options are now
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NewsElephant and Castle 'energy hub' gets go-ahead
Lendlease secures planning permission for net zero carbon combined heat and power plant
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NewsMark Group goes under with 940 job losses
Two Green Deal providers fall into administration just hours apart
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FeaturesSustainability: Energy performance contracts
Energy Performance Contracts are increasing in popularity as a way of delivering large-scale energy savings in existing buildings
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CommentGreen buildings: A new approach
Redefining the business case for creating sustainable buildings
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CommentWaste not, want not water management
Better, more effective water management and harvesting techniques need to be designed into every element of a building
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CommentAre net zero water buildings far off?
Adopting a more holistic approach to water management in buildings could get us on the path to net zero water buildings
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NewsSwansea Bay Tidal Lagoon delayed by a year
Client body for project says it won’t reach financial close until at least next summer due to strike price negotiations, pushing back start of work
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NewsWillmott Dixon plans to halve carbon emissions by 2020
Contractor says there is a “clear link” between sustainability and financial success
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NewsDrax pulls out of £1bn carbon capture scheme
Energy firm blames move on government decision to remove renewables from exemption to Climate Change Levy
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NewsSolar farm applications soar to beat subsidy cut deadline
Spike in projects going in for planning as industry warns 20,000 jobs put at risk by cuts
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NewsBirmingham axes Carillion's £1bn Green Deal programme
Birmingham Energy Savers dumped just four years into an eight-year contract
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NewsAl Gore slams UK government green policy U-turns
Former US vice president attacks government over ‘puzzling’ decisions at climate event in central London
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NewsBonfield floats proposals for Green Deal alternative
Options include mass retrofitting of housing association homes and improved mortgage rates for green properties
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NewsCBI slams green subsidy cuts
CBI says firms in emerging green sector need reassurance that government is serious about tackling climate change
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NewsRudd pulls plug on £3.5bn Jurassic Coast wind farm
Energy secretary refuses planning permission for controversial offshore project in face of local opposition
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NewsFour out of five Londoners’ homes overheated this summer
Survey of 1,005 capital-dwellers reveals that 83% suffered from overheating in their home at least once this year
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NewsWinners for £200m 'whole house' retrofit framework
Willmott Dixon, Wates, Vinci, Kier and Mears among winners on £200m framework
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NewsHeathrow confident it would meet green targets with third runway
Must meet carbon emissions targets, air quality limits and noise restrictions set out by Howard Davies’ Airports Commission