All Sustainability articles – Page 20
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FeaturesSustainability: Life cycle carbon management
Usual depictions of a building’s carbon life cycle fail to consider the day-to-day running of the place. Reimagining a building’s life cycle could improve its carbon efficiency
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CommentWhere now for green policies?
Will the government abandon its commitment to sustainable policies or grasp a golden opportunity?
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NewsTidal power 'milestone' as Swansea scheme gets green light
Experts hail approval as ‘major milestone’ for UK tidal power sector
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NewsIndustry leaders slam 'perverse' EU ruling on green goods VAT
Industry leaders brand European Court of Justice ruling ‘perverse’ and ‘hypocritical’
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CommentIslands of housing within a green sea
We should be debating an appropriate redefinition of the interface between town and country
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NewsCall to invest £130bn a year to cope with climate change
Report by Mott MacDonald and Global Sustainability Institute urges businesses to invest to survive
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NewsTask group launched to meet government green buildings target
UK GBC task group for non-domestic buildings joined by heavy-hitters including John Lewis and British Land
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CommentIt’s not just carbon that changes climate
The effects of deforestation in South America highlight the interrelated nature of our climate, ecosystem and lifestyle
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CommentAnnouncing: the Home Performance Label consortium
Be part of the group that develops HPL into an established industry tool for the labelling and promotion of better-performing homes
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NewsGreen leaders slam 'missed opportunity’ Queen's Speech
Absence of energy efficiency policies attacked as industry chiefs call for action on green construction
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NewsIndustry lobbies for greater energy efficiency investment
Construction and property sectors call on government to treat green energy as national infrastructure priority
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NewsIndustry leaders praise energy minister appointment
Former Treasury minister Andrea Leadsom to take on development of next generation of nuclear power plants
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NewsLord Bourne named energy efficiency minister
Department for Energy and Climate Change confirms portfolios
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NewsUKGBC: Retrofit must be top government priority
UK Green Building Council voices concerns of retrofit standstill before new ECO policy comes into effect
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NewsLakehouse snaps up smart meter firm
Energy services group announces £6.8m takeover of gas meter specialists Providor
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CommentThe power of three
City villages, city regions and buildings that are more resilient to the weather show some innovative ways in which construction is steadily improving the future of the built environment
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NewsGreen Deal and ECO installations sink to lowest level in 20 months
Latest official data shows efficiency measures installed under ECO and Green Deal schemes lowest since June 2013
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: Sustainable Project of the Year
A broad portfolio of major projects, bumper financial results and a commitment to staff training and development have given Core Five the entrepreneurial clout to take the top prize
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FeaturesBuilding Award Winners: The Test of Time
These projects employed bold design features that have seen the finished articles flourish, particularly when it comes to meeting their ambitious sustainability targets
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NewsLakehouse JV wins Scottish homes retrofit roll-out
Scottish government launch £224m scheme to retrofit homes for those living in fuel poverty