All articles by Paul King
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CommentA wake up call for 'retro man'
The gender pay gap won鈥檛 close itself, it鈥檚 going to take a concerted and above all conscious effort. We should embrace the mandatory reporting from April as a much-needed wake-up call to get started.
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CommentZero Carbon RIP
Improving quality of life and tackling climate change must go hand in hand in delivering the new homes that the UK needs
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CommentI applaud Labour's energy ambition
The Labour party has good ideas but the question of where the money is remains
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CommentThe Lib Dem balancing act
There is a lot be positive about the Lib Dems鈥� green policies but the industry needs more certainty
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CommentThe next chapter for green building
This week鈥檚 World Green 好色先生TV Council report on green value is the start of a new frontier in selling green construction
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CommentPaul King picks 'Davey pledges to fix 'disappointing' and 'clunky' Green Deal'
It was refreshing to see Ed Davey speak so candidly about the Green Deal at this year鈥檚 Ecobuild
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CommentGovernment has finally brought out the green sticks
Minimum Energy Performance Standards have the ability to succeed in greening our buildings where incentives have failed
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CommentEcobuild: Walking the talk
I was nervous about handing responsibility for sourcing the UK Green 好色先生TV Council鈥檚 conference stand to Ecobuild
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CommentReducing embodied carbon is our next challenge
The industry is leading the way on reducing the embodied carbon in its products
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CommentUKGBC view: From zero to hero
We鈥檝e come a long way since Ecobuild was launched 10 years ago and today the industry is altogether more savvy about zero carbon. But now, says Paul King, something even more ambitious is called for - and our very lives depend on it
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CommentWe need Green Deal 2.0
The Green Deal celebrates its first rocky year in existence this month, it now needs to evolve
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CommentEnergy efficiency is an industry in itself
We need to present the sector as a collective to become a powerful voice
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CommentThe faltering transition to treating solid walls
All this debate over policy isn鈥檛 driving the industry where it needs to go
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CommentOur buildings are our legacy
好色先生TVs aren鈥檛 just investments in bricks and mortar they are investments in people鈥檚 lives
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CommentGreen buildings are simply better for people
We spend more than 80% of our lives in buildings, so let鈥檚 make them good places to be
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CommentWhat will the world look like in 2050?
The built environment may not look radically different in the future but major change is needed to meet sustainability demands - and we need a plan now
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CommentLow-carbon plan a reality with Prisk on board
With Mark Prisk co-chairing new Green Construction Board there are high hopes for a cross-industry low-carbon action plan
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CommentGreen cheers as Carbon Plan commits to commercial DECs
The Carbon Plan brings clarity to green policy including a commitment to make display energy certificates mandatory in commercial buildings
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CommentThe winning straight?
All three main parties have laid their environmental cards on the table, but nobody seems to have the full set of policies laid out in the correct way to make a real difference