All Sustainability articles – Page 51
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NewsRIBA: Architects should charge extra for green design
Call from the RIBA’s director of practice to follow US model to create greater ‘transparency’
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NewsMPs back FIT campaign to protect 25,000 solar jobs
MPs joined 300 campaigners calling on government to change plans to cut solar feed-in tariff by 50%
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NewsFITs cut could cost government £230m
Energy consultancy’s analysis shows huge tax loss to the Treasury if jobs are lost because of cuts to government subsidies for solar power
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NewsIncentives question mark over Green Deal
Businesses will have to wait until Chancellor’s autumn statement to discover how the £14bn green retrofit scheme will be incentivised
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CommentSolar industry lobbies MPs overs FITs cuts
Campaigners prepare to lobby MPs over the 50% cut in solar feed-in tariffs. Read live coverage here
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CommentLife for BioRegional after Quintain
Co-founder of BioRegional disappointed by end of Quintain joint venture but says valuable lessons can be learnt
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NewsLib Dem councillors set to rebel against FIT cuts
The party fears its good environmental record could be trashed by the government plans
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NewsSkanska tops list of green construction companies
Engineers WS Atkins, BAM and Carillion all highly rated in first government poll of firms’ carbon measurment
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CommentHow can we make the most of the public estate?
New structures for property management and ways of working can lead to leaner and greener public assets
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NewsGovernment may phase in FIT cuts
Fitters may no longer have to hand back deposits to customers unable to meet the current tariff deadline
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NewsNPPF ‘open to legal challenge’ warn MPs
Parliamentary committee brands reforms ‘contradictory and confusing’
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NewsFriends of the Earth will lodge legal challenge to FIT cut
Friends of the Earth decide to lodge legal challenge after the government fails to withdraw its plans
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NewsScotland to get £100m for renewable energy projects
A further £100m drawn from the fossil fuel levy will be used to capitalise the Green Investment Bank.
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NewsSustainability Now: Watch the highlights
All videos and webinars from the two-day Sustainability Now conference are now available to view
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CommentFeed-in tariff cuts: No solar gain
The dramatic and sudden cut to the feed-in tariff has put the solar power industry in fear of its future, and led many to doubt the government’s commitment to the wider sustainability agenda. Vern Pitt talks to those affected by the perceived U-turns, delays and climbdowns
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NewsClients cancel solar projects worth millions
Move follows government’s decision to slash the feed-in tariff subsidy
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NewsGreen developer BioRegional Quintain to be wound up
Chief executive confirms firm will shut as listed parent company Quintain focuses on London market
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News‘Change of use’ policy could be watered down
Whitehall rows over plans to make it easier to converts offices in to flats, the FT reports
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NewsMears blames PV tariff cut for profit warning
Social housing firm writes off £2m in investment after slash in FiT makes PV commercially unviable
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NewsMore councils scrap solar schemes
Some have halted projects, but others hope to rush them through