All Sustainability articles – Page 68
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NewsBrookfield and WSP launch first green retrofit JV
Pair teams up with architect Woods Bagot to move into sector worth ’in excess of £10bn’ a year
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Renewables industry puts orders on hold after government u-turn
Fears grow among microrenewables installers after failure to bring key legislation forward
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NewsSustainability Awards deadline closes on September 3
Deadline looms for the built environment’s biggest eco-awards
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FeaturesCost model: Part L
The upcoming changes to Part L will crank up the low-carbon agenda. The authors consider the costs and their influence on design
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NewsShapps delays definition of zero carbon
Housing minister Grant Shapps has been forced to row back from a pre-election promise to get the definition of zero carbon finalised “within weeks” of getting into office
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East Anglia’s green energy centre falls three months behind
An “exemplar” biomass energy centre at the University of East Anglia, built by Morgan Sindall, is three months late in becoming operational
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Officials covered up £705m Part L saving
Civil servants covered up potential savings of £705m in order to help former housing minister John Healey justify scrapping proposed changes to Building Regulations that were designed to make existing homes more energy efficient
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Scrapped turbine for Olympic park cost almost £1m
The Olympic Delivery Authority spent almost £1m working up plans for a wind turbine on the Olympic park only for it to be scrapped last month, the organisation has admitted.In accounts published last week, the ODA said the proposal for a 130m-high turbine had incurred “abortive” costs of £842,000 for ...
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NewsDevelopers to pay into offsite energy fund
Housing minister says fund will enable developers to meet carbon reduction commitments
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CommentGreen 2012 expertise in danger of being lost
Government departments must harness the sustainable expertise gained from building the 2012 London Olympics
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CommentGreen refurbishment won't happen without cash incentives
The government must bring in financial incentives in its Green Deal to encourage homeowners to upgrade their homes
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NewsDefra cuts funding for sustainability watchdog
Environment secretary’s decision likely to spell the end of the Sustainable Development Commission
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FeaturesJunk Jellyfish theatre emerges on Bankside
Theatre designer Martin Kaltwasser struggles with buiding bureaucrats to deliver this pop-up recycled theatre in Southwark
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NewsEnergy policy delays spark industry outcry
The government has been warned that its failure to pass legislation to promote domestic power systems is creating a crisis of confidence among suppliers
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NewsNew Part L could face six-month delay
Energy regulation still to be approved by coalition as compliance software is held up
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NewsPeel Group plans £70m biomass plant
Energy specialist says plant could create 100 construction jobs and power 37,000 homes
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Site cabins key to carbon reductions
Contractors should use low energy site cabins and biofuels to help cut on-site carbon emissions
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NewsCement industry reduces emissions
Industry achieves 4% drop since 2005 according to data published today
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FeaturesEnergy from waste: 'A wonderful place to be'
There’s going to be a £2bn-a-year building boom in energy-from-waste plants, like this one, over the next 15 years. Kristina Smith finds out how to turn base matter into gold
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NewsGovernment's carbon compliance tool 'inadequate'
Urgent action demanded to improve SAP for calculating energy use of new homes