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好色先生TVGovernment considers display energy certificates in commercial buildings
Premises visited frequently by the public may have to display actual energy under new legislation
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Property outfit launches green wing
The new dedicated group of NB Real Estate will address political, social and business pressures relating to property management, head promises
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好色先生TVEPCS: unresolved issues
While government has answered some of the outstanding confusion about EPCs in a January guidance, Andy Land, senior surveyor, CNP, raises some outstanding questions over the implementation of the certificates
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好色先生TVZero-carbon housing kit: RuralZed explained
RuralZed is a zero-carbon housing kit for affordable low to medium-density developments that, its makers say, will meet the Code for Sustainable Homes from level three up to six and beyond. Here鈥檚 how it鈥檚 done.
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CommentCDM regs: A question of principal
State your case 鈥� Defra seems to be instigating the use of the title of principal contractor in both SWMP regulations and CDM 2007. Is this joined-up thinking or just plain confusing, asks Gillian Birkby
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好色先生TVFirst estimates of EPC costs revealed
Leading providers claim certificates will set back building owners anywhere between 拢500 to over 拢20,000
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Government instigates 好色先生TV Regulation revolution
Two years after it began, 好色先生TV鈥檚 Reform the Regs campaign ends in victory
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好色先生TVFirst new build EPC produced
Elmhurst Energy claims bragging rights for certificate for Leicestershire David Wilson home
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Leaky promises over EPCs
Back in 2002, the Government promised it would be able to implement every last scrap of European energy performance building legistlation on time. What happened next? Not an awful lot, says Andrew Warren of the Association for the Conservation of Energy, apart from a lot of CO2 emitting.
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好色先生TVBudget 2008 - The Smaller Print
We run through the detail of Alistair Darling's speech last week and find plenty of activity being progressed in Whitehall to encourage and legislate low carbon buildings.
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好色先生TVCIBSE BRE and Hoare Lea gear up for EPC deadline
Institution claims it will have 100 assessors ready for 6 April deadline and 300 in place by July. BRE and Hoare Lea also prepare ready for next month's deadline
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Last-minute clearance for HIPs energy software
SAP programme sorted ahead of 6 April deadline for energy assessment for new housing
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好色先生TVGovernment grants eleventh-hour EPC reprieve
Six-month breathing space granted amid concern over shortage of assessors
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好色先生TVThe Gus Report: Welly garden city
In the first of a series of reviews of important housing developments, Gus Alexander looks at English Partnerships鈥� remarkable scheme in Upton, Northamptonshire, which is built on a bit of a marsh 鈥�
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FeaturesMaking BREEAM robust
For too long, designers have been able to get top BREEAM ratings by adding recycling space and bike racks. Now the green assessment tool is toughening up its act with mandatory levels for energy and water use 鈥� and a new rank above 鈥榚xcellent鈥�.
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Part L enforcement 'shambolic' claims industry body
Leading M&E associations claiming that enforcement of regulations isn't happening, and raise fears over EPC enforcement. 好色先生TV Control defends its record
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好色先生TVGovernment confirms EPC changes
Transitional period introduced which delays the need for a certificate until October for buildings on the market. Response to concerns over the number of assessor
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English-only safety tests mooted
The board of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme is considering plans to make migrant workers take its health and safety test in English.
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好色先生TVHTA reveals details of Bristol eco-village
Hanham Hall project led by housebuilder Barratt includes CHP plant, prefabrication and living spaces that face south.The site will also include a sustainable living centre
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好色先生TVBrown to oversee new regulations panel
The Risk and Regulation Advisory Council will influence development of regulation policies