All Sustainability articles – Page 98
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NewsPooran Desai demands 80% cut in green legislation - video
Winner of the Building Sustainability Award leader of the year for 2008 calls for slashing of green bureaucracy
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NewsFitzpatrick builds for its green future
Winner of the Building Sustainability Award large project of the year the new Fitzpatrick HQ building is an exemplar of green development. It achieved a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating thanks to an inspired design, dual power supplies, dimmable external lighting and pine scented air
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NewsOld terraces in Staffordshire become green icons
Winner of the Building 99% Campaign Award for refurbishment this is an inspiring example of how to turn a humble Victorian house into an eco terrace
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NewsCornish wave power scheme launched
JP Kenny to oversee development of scheme demonstrating wave power on a commercial scale
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NewsWates scores double at Sustainability Awards
Waste strategy helps firm pick up Sustainable Contractor and Sustainability Champion gongs
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NewsThe Barratt code level six house, a guide
Here's a guide to the Sustainable Small Building of the Year at the Building Sustainability Awards 2008. It looks conventional enough on the outside, but you’re staring at the first Code for Sustainable Homes level six home to be built by a volume housebuilder. Inside it’s an all-out radical.
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NewsNorthern Arizona University: Platinum record
Sustainable architect of the year at the Building Sustainability Awards 2008 Hopkins owes its success to this bold project in America. The research building is one of the most environment-friendly in the US
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NewsBig names vie for Sustainability Awards
The shortlists for tonights’ awards feature the biggest names in the built environment
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NewsWSP wins work on £300m Network Rail scheme
Consultant will scrutinise environmental performance on rail link in central Scotland
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Waterman buoyed by international work
Overseas and public work gives stability to engineering and environmental consultant
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News‘Three Gardens’ affordable housing scheme in Suffolk
Architect Riches Hawley Mikhail’s design puts sustainability at the core
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Landfill tax exemption expire 30 November
Consultant Rider Levett Bucknall is offering specialist advice on Capital Allowances and Land Remediation Relief
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FeaturesSoft option: free technology tools to help firms with the waste management task at hand
By joining the drive to halve waste sent to landfill, construction companies have committed themselves to improving their waste management. here are two free software tools that can help firms get to grips with the challenge
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FeaturesBank with a plan: Lessons to be learnt from HSBC's experience of waste management
It is still early days for site waste management plans – swmps – but efforts by banking giant HSBC are providing some valuable lessons
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NewsWinning ways: the Halving Waste to Landfill initiative examined
Signing up to the Halving Waste to Landfill initiative gives construction companies and clients the chance to prove their green credentials and make efficiency savings. so how does it work? Karen Glaser reports
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FeaturesCounter pressure: How some big name retailers are driving waste management measures
Charging for carrier bags is by no means the only contribution retailers are making to waste reduction. As major clients to the construction industry, they are helping drive improvements in waste management too
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NewsRIBA showcases Eco-Diversity
Exhibition includes leather made from fish skin and petrol from recycled cooking oil
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FeaturesBattle lines: The Ministry of Defence is a somewhat surprising waste management champion...
Defence Estates, the MoD’s property arm, is so far ahead of the waste management game that its main concern in meeting government targets to halve site waste is knowing where more can be cut, by Penny Barratt
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FeaturesDrawing out waste: Architects have a special role to play in managing waste
Architects have been brainstorming with cost consultants to design out waste on live projects – and that’s been drumming up new ideas that could transform the industry by will Jones
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NewsBSI British Standards updates ISO 9001
Global established quality framework undergoes a rigorous review by industry