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好色先生TVMedieval architecture inspires zero-carbon home
Innovative energy-efficient home based on historic technique of arched overlapping thin clay bricks will star in TV's Grand Designs
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FeaturesNo biomass, no turbines, no solar panels. Is Passivhaus the way to zero carbon?
The German Passivhaus standard is winning admirers in the UK, many of whom argue that its simple approach to low-energy building is far more practical than the Code for Sustainable Homes
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好色先生TVPassivhaus: Cosy or costly?
Michael Willoughby questions whether a Frankfurt cottage industry will make it across the pond intact
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好色先生TVDubai issues new safety code
Emirate's construction department provides English version of new safety standards
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好色先生TVDownturn will hit green gains in housing
Recession is already leading to reduced demand for sustainability in housing, reveals survey
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FeaturesBig ambitions: Defra's Alnwick HQ
When designers began working on Defra鈥檚 offices in Alnwick, they thought a BREEAM 鈥榚xcellent鈥� rating an exciting enough challenge. But then BRE went and introduced 鈥榦utstanding鈥欌��
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New zero carbon proposals: 'An admirable cop-out'
好色先生TV surveys industry reactions to yesterday's government proposal to make zero-carbon housing targets more achievable
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好色先生TVGovernment to cap cost of zero carbon to housebuilders
New proposals would also allow contributions to renewables infracture and energy improvements to existing homes to be taken into account
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Flexible options to replace 鈥榰nworkable鈥� zero-carbon target
Builders will be given flexibility in how they meet the government鈥檚 zero-carbon standard.
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好色先生TVUKGBC seeks views on new non-domestic sustainability code
Green body consults on the best way forward for legislating sustainable new buildings
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好色先生TVCarbon cuts cost 拢7,000 per home for sixties towers
Study shows building fabric alterations are the only way to hit 60% reduction target
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Only 22 homes crack the Code
Only 22 developments have been certified under the Code for Sustainable Homes since it came into force a year and a half ago.
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好色先生TVCredit crunch holds up prototype eco-town
Northstowe near Cambridge will be delayed at least a year because of funding problems and project complexity
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好色先生TVThe Barratt code level six house, a guide
Here's a guide to the Sustainable Small 好色先生TV of the Year at the 好色先生TV Sustainability Awards 2008. It looks conventional enough on the outside, but you鈥檙e staring at the first Code for Sustainable Homes level six home to be built by a volume housebuilder. Inside it鈥檚 an all-out radical.
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好色先生TVHome truths: Outside influences
Masterplanning high-density developments involves a delicate balancing act between effective land use and environmental sensitivity. David Ellis of PRP Architects maps out the best practice
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好色先生TVWater targets in Code to be reviewed
Standards may be too stringent because of unrealistic assumptions made on water used by appliances
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好色先生TVZero carbon definition out 'in weeks'
Civil servant in charge claims publication of guidance for Code for Sustainable Homes poised to be released and explains delay
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好色先生TVEasy wins for low-carbon housing credits
BRE's latest information paper on Innovation Park homes explores carbon-cutting opportunities in less obvious areas
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A guide to global green standards
US sustainability expert offers an up-to-date overview of international standards for green buildings