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BRE launches consultation on update to BREEAM sustainability assessments
New version will account for embodied carbon performance
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Businesses wait on help to deal with rocketing energy bills ahead of Friday鈥檚 mini-budget
Frustration at delays to details of support package as firms hit by huge tariff hikes
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Truss urged to invest in green infrastructure after appointment of climate sceptic Rees-Mogg
Concerns over Rees-Mogg allayed by choice of climate change minister
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Mosaic trail marks fifth anniversary of Grenfell tragedy
Permanent memorial unveiled in north Kensington to the 72 people killed in the fire on 14 June 2017
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Sunak subsidies for oil and gas industry could insulate 2 million homes, says think-tank
Tax reliefs in chancellor鈥檚 new windfall levy will save energy firms billions
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Government announces 拢553m investment to improve energy efficiency in public buildings
Kew Gardens, National Football Museum and Nottingham鈥檚 Queens Medical Centre among beneficiaries
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Disastrous test failure on ACM cladding was 鈥榝orgotten鈥, Grenfell inquiry hears
Senior civil servant responsible for building fire safety says 2001 tests 鈥渏ust got missed鈥
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BRE manager did not tell minister that ACM had failed fire test 16 years before Grenfell
Debbie Smith denied reaching agreement with senior official to withhold key details about cladding from minister in meeting three days after fire, inquiry hears
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BRE staff may never have received impartiality training, Grenfell inquiry hears
Testing house鈥檚 former managing director admits lack of formal training regime was a聽鈥榳eakness鈥
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Government published 鈥榗onfusing鈥 fire safety guidance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Document published in 2002 appeared to equate British standards with tougher European standards聽
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Civil servant鈥檚 reply to fire safety query was typically non-committal, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin had been responding to query on 鈥減oorly drafted鈥 clause in official guidance which appeared to permit use of combustible cladding in tall buildings
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BRE experts failed to clarify confusing building regs, Grenfell Inquiry told
Sarah Colwell ignored industry group鈥檚 attempts to chase the matter for 16 months
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Government shown ACM cladding test results which 鈥榮hocked鈥 experts 16 years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Fire test in 2001 had to be extinguished after five minutes after flames reached 65ft high
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Government asked experts to 鈥榮tep away鈥 from investigation into deadly cladding fire
Grenfell Inquiry hears BRE team was asked to stop investigation into Lakanal House fire after less than a month
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Government used fire safety group to rubber stamp flawed regulations, Grenfell inquiry hears
BRE group was given 鈥榗ontractual requirement鈥櫬爐o not make any policy recommendations in response to fires
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Review body raised 鈥榮erious concerns鈥 about BRE five years before Grenfell fire, inquiry hears
鈥楧amning鈥 report found lessons had not been learned at testing house despite repeated criticisms from government appointed inspection body
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BRE manager admits missing rigged Celotex fire test was 鈥榲ery basic error,鈥 Grenfell inquiry hears
BRE staff failed to notice two fire-resisting boards added to test rig to ensure a pass
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鈥婯ingspan was 鈥榮ignificant source of revenue鈥 for BRE, Grenfell Inquiry told
Hearing sees emails from BRE consultant saying desktop studies of Grenfell insulation could be聽鈥榟uge source of income鈥
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Grenfell Inquiry: what we learnt from the BRE this week
Hearings focused on testing body鈥檚 role in certifying combustible building materials used on Grenfell tower as safe
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Government innovation tsar says contractors should be making 5% margins
鈥楬alf a percent is not a business model that is investable鈥, says head of new Construction Innovation Hub聽 聽