All Sustainability articles – Page 27
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FeaturesCustom build: Give us the tools
Once trumpeted as a way of raising housing output by as many as 50,000 homes a year, custom build was responsible for barely a fifth of that figure last year. So what’s the hold-up and can anything be done to reinvigorate the market?
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Features50 sustainability stars
In the expanding universe of sustainability, many stars shine out in the firmament. Building celebrates the sector’s top 50 brightest talents
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FeaturesEcobuild 2014 programme: Into the zone
Here’s your visitors’ guide to the content zones and speakers at Ecobuild, along with some highlights of the talks to come
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FeaturesEcobuild 2014 preview: Now you’re talking…
The pressures on today’s environment are many and Ecobuild is the stimulating forum in which to explore, exchange and debate the possible solutions. Ike Ijeh picks out some of the key themes at this year’s event
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FeaturesBuilding Sweden's New Karolinska Solna hospital
Sweden’s first ever PPP project is a £1.3bn hospital that is also Europe’s greenest
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FeaturesSustainability: Zero carbon costs
The cost to housebuilders of meeting the Zero Carbon Standard for new homes continues to fall. Here, Adam Mactavish of Sweett Group and Nicola O’Connor of Zero Carbon Hub present the key findings of the Zero Carbon Hub’s recent cost analysis of the proposed standard
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CommentIt pays to go zero carbon
A long-term approach to green policy can deliver radical benefits at reasonable cost
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FeaturesA case for biodiversity offsetting?
Biodiversity offsetting is the government’s answer to the conundrum of how to speed up development while safeguarding the country’s woodland and other environmental habitats. The idea has come under fire from all sides - but also enjoyed some unexpected support
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CommentDropping targets for renewable energy is not the solution
Government claims that higher cost savings could be achieved if markets are left to their own devices could have risky results
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FeaturesGreen Deal: One year on
The Green Deal is one year old this week but the celebrations are, to put it mildly, subdued. We look back on a year of disappointments for the energy efficiency retrofit market
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FeaturesCenter Parcs: The place beyond the pines
Center Parcs’ £250m resort will cater for 4,000 visitors in a forest in the green belt just outside Milton Keynes. So how do you build a self-sufficient small town in the middle of a wood? And get permission to do it?
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NewsNo ECO work contracted in latest brokerage round
Government plans further moves to water down Energy Companies Obligation scheme
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CommentThe secret £2bn energy efficiency fund
Why is the chancellor not putting his £2bn of VAT receipts from energy bills to better use?
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NewsBalfour Beatty to invest in £48m pioneering green energy plant
Contractor in consortium including the Green Investment Bank to invest in first plant of its kind in the UK
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NewsBoris lobbies ministers to keep key carbon targets
London mayor wants special dispensation for capital to retain powers to set its own efficiency targets
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FeaturesEnergy efficient products
Keep the Building Regulations people happy with our choice of the latest building products on the market, from energy efficient wall and loft insulation to low powered ventilation fans
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FeaturesPwC's London office: Highest BREEAM-rated building ever
When PwC decided to refurbish its unloved central London office, it thought it would be doing well to achieve a BREEAM “excellent” rating. Then it realised it could do rather better than that …
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FeaturesTop sustainable housebuilders: NextGeneration Initiative
The latest league table from the NextGeneration Initiative reveals mixed results for housebuilders on their sustainability targets this year
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NewsDetails of enhanced Green Deal incentives remain unclear
Lack of clarity over government announcement on improving flagship scheme aimed at offsetting ECO cuts
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NewsHCA moved to suppress advice to replace green Code
Housing quango moved to have call for a replacement for the Code for Sustainable Homes cut from NextGeneration report