All Sustainability articles – Page 53
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News
Collapse of carbon capture deal branded 'farce'
WWF slams ‘four wasted years’ as Department for Energy and Climate Change seeks a fresh pilot
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NewsConstruction firms could get green tax exemptions
Chancellor plans to reduce burden on companies with high energy needs
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FeaturesZero carbon housing using underfloor thermal heat stores
When you’ve got houses and flats on a tiny plot, no room to store fuel and little roof space, finding a zero-carbon heating solution is tricky. One team went underground to find the answer
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NewsGovernment ‘schizophrenia’ undermining green investment, MPs warn
Parliamentary committee tells climate minister Greg Barker not to backtrack
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News£1bn carbon capture pilot 'axed'
Report says Scottish Power due to pull out of flagship Longannet scheme
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CommentDelivering low carbon buildings in practice
We’re very good at delivering low-carbon buildings on paper, but when it comes to actual performance, we’re where we were 20 years ago. Richard Guy says it’s time to get serious
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FeaturesSustainability: Building structures
In-use energy consumption is well regulated, so should we now consider embodied carbon? Isabel McAllister and Anthony Mitchell of Cyril Sweett, Steve Webb and Anna Beckett of Webb Yates report
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NewsWork begins on world's largest solar bridge
The first solar panels have been installed on the roof of Blackfriars Station
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NewsCarillion joins high street names in Green Deal push
Consortium of banks and energy giants to offer finance
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Comment
Right to renewable energy: Solar eclipse
There is no law guaranteeing a right to energy from renewable sources, meaning that users could have their work undone by a developer plonking a building in their sunlight
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News‘Prepare buildings for global warming’, says government
Builders and homeowners to be called on to take measures against ‘inevitable’ rising temperatures
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CommentWho's to blame for our lack of zero-carbon homes?
Are housebuilders failing to build to zero-carbon standards - as suggested by minister Andrew Stunell - or is the failure to build due to a flaw in the targets?
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NewsDan Labbad to co-chair Green Construction Board
Government board to drive sustainability will meet for the first time “later in the autumn”
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NewsTop industry names appointed to minister's carbon compliance committee
Paul Morrell and HBF’s John Slaughter among those to examine how targets can be hit
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NewsDenham calls for 'national investment bank'
Shadow business secretary called for government to renew infrastructure and green policy
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NewsGovernment set to re-write green plans for built environment
Ministers believe buildings must to be made to cope with climate extremes because global warming is unstoppable
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NewsRow escalates over 'climate change failings'
Industry attacks Andrew Stunell’s claims that housebuilders do not take sustainability seriously enough
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CommentMonitoring is answer to Stunell's green fears
Monitoring buildings’ energy performance is essential to achieve our low carbon goal – if we fail in reducing emissions it will have serious consequences
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NewsHousebuilders failing to deliver on zero carbon, says Stunell
Construction industry is failing to build to required standards says Communities minister in Lib Dem keynote
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CommentSuppliers won't invest in Green Deal without consumer demand
Only 31% of UK manufacturers have products suited to the Green Deal according to a Chartered Institute of Marketing report