All Sustainability articles – Page 55
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NewsGS Solar bags £4m IKEA solar panel deal
Chinese manufacturer will install 39,000 PV panels on the rooftops of 10 UK stores
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NewsMears bags £20m solar contract in Peterborough
Cross Keys Homes contract will see Mears fitting 3,500 homes with PVs under feed-in tariff scheme
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NewsUBM acquires Ecobuild
Building’s publisher buys world’s largest showcase of sustainable products
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CommentAll mapped out
Open mike The UK is in danger of losing its way when it comes to local energy generation projects. But an energy map can guide councils and landowners to a low-carbon future, says Robert Shaw
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Kingspan launches environmental guide
Kingspan Access Floors has launched a guide to explain Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) and BREEAM’s environmental assessment schemes
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NewsSpending shift to Defra revealed by £22bn pipeline
Three-year pipeline shows spending moving from education, housing and transport to waste projects
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NewsUnited House pursues Green Deal amid cuts
Firm considering launching new funding model for eco-friendly retrofit of homes
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FeaturesSustainability: From start to finish
Sustainability means more than how a finished building performs - how the materials start and end their lives is increasingly important. Building looks at the challenges faced when trying to go green and how three sectors are adapting
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Features10 ways to make your office outstanding (in BREEAM’s eyes, at least)
These days the corporate world is falling over itself to improve its environmental credentials. Thomas Lane takes a look at the newest, greenest, office building on the block and finds out how your office can be ’outstanding’ too
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FeaturesSustainability in Brazil: For the trees
Brazil is famous for sustainability: a lack of it. But a new wave of green legislation and client requirements is creating demand for skills local contractors don’t have - and UK specialists are first in line for the work. Luke McLeod-Roberts reports in the second of our special features on ...
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NewsUK nuclear industry welcomes electricity market white paper
White paper states that an investment of £110bn is required over the next 40 years
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CommentComplexity risks short-circuiting energy reforms
Reforms in the Electricity Market Reform White Paper could hamper investment in energy if they become confused
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NewsBetter building services the key to making non-domestic buildings zero carbon
New report suggests there is no point in making building fabric performance tougher than current standards
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CommentJob losses threaten Green Deal
The industry needs skilled workers In order to meet the targets set out in the Green Deal
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FeaturesCase studies: houses built to 2016 zero-carbon standards
The government’s recent announcement that ’zero-carbon homes’ need not include appliances will allow future green housing to ditch peculiar solar panel-toting designs to resemble, well, normal houses. Building tours some schemes that fit the bill
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NewsCouncil calls for fruit and nut tree audit as condition of planning
Firms operating in Brighton and Hove must also submit embodied energy calcuations
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NewsEnergy saving measures to be trialled ahead of Green Deal
Measures being trialled include subsidised loft clearances and incentives for residents