All Sustainability articles – Page 23
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FeaturesCan tall buildings ever be sustainable?
With debate still raging over the 230 towers lined up to make the London skyline look more like Hong Kong’s, Ike Ijeh looks at whether tall buildings can ever be sustainable
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FeaturesEcobuild 2015 programme preview
From an election manifesto for construction to the latest in biophilic design, there is something for all tastes at Ecobuild. Andrew Brister picks out some of the highlights
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FeaturesGet happy: Wellbeing in buildings
There is a strong body of evidence of the tangible ways that building design can improve wellbeing. Now an increasing number of major clients are realising that this is not just good for employees’ health - it’s good for business
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CommentPolitical drama
We can’t predict the future, but we can detect certain trends. Here are four that will fundamentally change the way we live
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NewsBalfour snaps up Welsh offshore power link
£352m Gwynt y Môr wind farm deal represents third in ‘growth’ sector
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NewsGreen builders' fury over plans to weaken DECs
UK Green Building Council denounces proposal to weaken display energy certificate rules
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NewsCut VAT on refurb, urges London Assembly
Report finds tax rules create bias in favour of demolishing social housing estates instead of refurbishment
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NewsStraw houses go on sale in Bristol
Affordable straw homes made possible after components win certification
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NewsUK cities rank highly among world's most sustainable cities
London, Manchester and Birmingham among top cities in world according to new index
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NewsSwansea Bay lagoon secures £100m funding boost
InfraRed Capital invests £100m in mega-tidal project in Swansea
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NewsGreen lobby hails launch of 'breakthrough' energy efficiency regs
Regulations making it illegal for landlords to rent out the most energy inefficient homes presented to Parliament
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NewsLobby groups warn against cull of green planning resources
Government has removed online planning resources relating to parks and open spaces from main planning portal
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NewsWatered down zero carbon homes policy clears Parliament hurdle
Infrastructure Bill passes House of Commons with crucial zero carbon clause untouched
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NewsEd Davey and Natalie Bennett confirmed for Ecobuild
Lord John Prescott and Alistair Campbell also confirmed as Ecobuild 2015 speakers
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NewsSwansea Bay lagoon funding consultation launched
Government proposes offering project’s backers a guaranteed fixed price for electricity generated
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NewsGreen light for Cambridge zero carbon 200-home scheme
Hill wins planning permission for energy efficient 208-home scheme
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FeaturesSustainability: Thinner insulation
High-performance insulation materials enable much thinner profiIes to be used than their counterpart products. Sweett Group investigates if the benefits from the use of these thinner insulation materials outweigh the costs
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NewsChina notches up first BREEAM ‘outstanding’ high rise
Pelli Clarke Pelli tower lands design-stage accolade
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NewsDoubts raised over fracking jobs boom
Activists and unions claim renewables sector is a better bet
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FeaturesInterview: Paul King
Outgoing head of the UK Green Building Council Paul King sees an industry in large part willing to deliver the government’s green agenda. Unfortunately, the government itself has so badly undermined its own policies, the sector is no longer sure what that agenda is any more