All Sustainability articles – Page 85
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NewsPart L: a comprehensive guide to the major changes
Exploring the implications of alternations proposed in the government’s consultation on energy use rules
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NewsGovernment gives big boost to wind power
Restrictions dropped to encourage expansion in offshore wind farm construction
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NewsArup picked to lead low-carbon car scheme
Consortium wins two-year contract to accelerate development and testing of electrical vehicles in the West Midlands
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NewsSponsored webinar: Designing to the new Part L with Pilkington
Timely online seminar examines how the changes to the energy regs will affect building designs
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NewsBelfast to rethink green power plant refusal
Doubt cast over council's decision not to sell land required for £1bn energy-from-waste plant
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NewsPart L: 'Has the department been taken over by UKIP supporters?'
Navigating the confusing twists and turns of the Part L consultations
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NewsPlans to improve existing stock dropped from Part L proposals
Plan to make energy efficiency improvements compulsory when extending homes has been scrapped
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NewsGovernment: new homes and buildings must be 25% greener
Healey proposes changes to Part L of building regulations to improve energy efficiency after October 2010
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NewsVideo: Prince's handiwork revealed at his Passivhaus home
The Prince's Foundation is testing Passivhaus principles on its prototype Natural House at the BRE's Innovation Park
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NewsClean coal could boost economy by £4bn
Report claims UK's plan to develop carbon capture technology could create up to 60,000 jobs
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NewsGreen Register launches training for sustainable refurbishment
RIBA teams up with the Green Register to run workshops on effective and green housing refurbishment
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NewsRenewable energy firm opens super-green HQ
£3m scheme boasts A-rated energy performance certificate and aims to be energy self-sufficient
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NewsOnly 19% of commercial properties for sale have EPCs
Accreditation body accuses sector of failing to adhere to energy performance regulations and calls for standardisation of requirements
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NewsThe Code for Sustainable Homes explained
New guidance from the NHBC foundation runs through 10 tips for climbing up the code rating system
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NewsBarratt gets go-ahead for 200 zero-carbon homes
England’s first large-scale housing scheme to meet level six of the Code for Sustainable Homes gains approval
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NewsProtesters invade BAM Nuttall office
Anti-coal power demonstrators glued locked themselves to furniture to campaign against firm's bid to build new powerstation
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NewsLive: World Environment Day - living without aircon
Up-to-the minute commentary on events marking World Environment Day including how we survived a day without chillers
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NewsBuilding turns off air-conditioning for World Environment Day
Turning off the chillers at magazine's Ludgate House HQ will save at least £30
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FeaturesNeighbours: Lovell and Tarmac on reaching code level four or above
The house on the left aims to meet code level four, but next door they’ve got even loftier pretensions. Stephen Kennett reports on goings-on at a site in Nottingham
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NewsFinding a home for micro renewables
The negative opinions of one housebuilder should not obscure the potential benefits of fitting micro renewables in housing