All Sustainability articles – Page 34
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NewsCrest Nicholson blames delay over Part L for hike in costs
Housebuilder attacks government for failing to announce the revisions to energy regulations
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NewsMEPs attack government for ‘incoherent’ approach to DECs
Coalition’s own MEPs lament ‘missed opportunity’ in letter to communities secretary Eric Pickles
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NewsEnergy firms 'must be fined' over carbon failures
Experts says its time for regulator to crack down over failure of energy firms to hit carbon reduction targets
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NewsCriminal probe into Green Deal fraud
Trading Standards launches investigation into allegations of Green Deal fraud
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NewsPlans for UK's biggest Passivhaus development unveiled
Scheme would entail 150 homes being built in rural village in Herefordshire
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NewsScotland funds offshore wind development
Scottish government boosts sector with £15m to develop new foundation designs
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NewsBRE wins role on £4bn Chinese marina project
Consultant will provide sustainable building advice while client seeks further UK expertise
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FeaturesSustainable project of the year 2013
Among a truly impressive array of projects that have gone green in a myriad ways, Max Fordham and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ The Hive project in Worcester struck the judges with its holistic environmental approach
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FeaturesHouse of straw
An affordable co-ownership scheme made of straw is proving highly energy efficient
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NewsLeeds set to bring £80m Green Deal programme to market
Leeds city region to go out to tender next month for Green Deal retrofit programme worth £80m over first three years
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CommentOverheating: It's getting hot in here …
Neil Jefferson, director of the NHBC and chief executive of the Zero Carbon Hub
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NewsGovernment puts £50m into Green Deal
Funding to back Green Deal Finance company comes as assessment rates soar after second full month of scheme
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FeaturesSustainability: European housing
Phil Birch of Sweett Group reviews recent research by the Energy Bill Revolution campaign to assess what it is going to take to turn the UK into the energy efficiency champion of Europe
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NewsBalfour Beatty misses carbon reduction target
Firm makes carbon savings in UK but is dragged down by increases in carbon from work overseas
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CommentReality check
Rick Wheal, consultant at Arup, on why our approach to sustainable building has to change
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FeaturesWhole-life carbon: Shopping centres
Our series on whole-life emissions for different building types continues with three 60-year scenarios for a shopping mall
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FeaturesCommunity housing in Toxteth
It’s just 32 homes on a small plot in Toxteth, but Habitat for Humanity’s housing project is creating a community of volunteers, trainees and entrepreneurs and bringing hope to an area feeling the brunt of the housing crisis
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NewsMorgan Sindall appoints sustainability director
Graham Edgell will also have responsibility for procurement
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NewsInterserve pledges to halve carbon emissions by 2020
Contractor to increase use of recycled materials