All Sustainability articles – Page 35
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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
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NewsRIBA slams ‘missed opportunity’ to boost green economy
Budget reaction: President Angela Brady criticises lack of Budget measures on sustainability
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NewsGovernment forced to pay £180k in solar legal costs
Government to pay legal costs of solar firms and campaign group following illegal cuts to solar subsidies
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NewsOsborne chases Hinkley deal for Budget
Government locked in ‘full-tilt’ talks with EDF in bid to announce new-build nuclear funding agreement on Wednesday
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CommentTackling the energy performance challenge
Neil Jefferson, director of the NHBC and chief executive of the Zero Carbon Hub
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NewsCBI backs VAT cut for refurb
Business lobby joins calls for VAT cut as part of £2.2bn budget wishlist
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NewsDrax biomass project in line for £75m guarantee
£225m project to convert half of Drax coal-fired power station into biomass is set to be the next project to receive UK Guarantee
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CommentThe tide is turning
The nuclear new build programme is in trouble and the UK is in desperate need of clean and secure energy. So, says Julia Barfield, it’s time we pushed ahead with the Severn Barrage
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NewsHeathrow T2 goes green
Client tells Ecobuild of collaboration with BRE on UK’s first BREEAM-rated airport terminal
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CommentCutting carbon: The long and winding road
At Ecobuild this week, the Green Construction Board launched a routemap on how the government can meet the 2050 carbon reduction target. Fasten your seat belts …
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NewsMinister stalls on zero carbon assurance
Building regulations minister Don Foster refuses to allay industry fears that the government is backing away from zero carbon commitment
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NewsFallon says insulation job losses 'inevitable'
Business minister says transition to Green Deal meant there was always likely to be a hiatus in work
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NewsNew scheme to tackle energy efficiency 'performance gap'
Government funds scheme to tackle energy inefficient housebuilding
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NewsMorrell casts doubt on low carbon targets
Ecobuild latest: Former construction adviser says prospect of 80% carbon cut requires “heroic assumptions” to be made
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NewsShuttleworth warns against 'efficient but nasty' design
Make founder says architects need to resist the temptation to design energy efficient buildings that don’t give humans ‘delight’
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NewsGovernment faces legal action over scrapped 'conservatory tax'
Ecobuild latest: Association for the Conservation of Energy says it will seek a judicial review of government decision to scrap changes to building regulations
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NewsGovernment will consider 'tweaks' to Green Deal
Energy secretary Ed Davey has not ruled out changing elements of the Green Deal should the government’s flagship retrofit programme encounter problems