All Sustainability UK policy and regulation articles 鈥� Page 8
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CommentFarewell to the Code for Sustainable Homes
The government is right to want to scrap the Code for Sustainable Homes
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好色先生TVContractors call for green construction boost
Ecobuild latest: The UK Contractors Group urges the chancellor to use budget to put in place a new national retrofit plan to boost green construction
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CommentHidden challenges
Overheating is just one of the previously unreported design issues we face - the government must invest in sustainability to avert a national crisis
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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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CommentEcobuild 2014: Adapt to achieve
This winter鈥檚 catastrophic flooding has put climate change firmly back in the public eye
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CommentLet's go green for export
Today鈥檚 report on zero carbon commercial buildings highlights the opportunity to export expertise
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好色先生TVUncertainty on zero carbon 'damaging investment'
Ecobuild latest: Lack of clarity on regulations for non-domestic buildings is holding back the supply chain, report by the UK Green 好色先生TV Council finds
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CommentWatch your optimism
It鈥檚 tempting to think that doing our little bit to reduce carbon emissions saves us from having to confront the reality of what is happening to our planet - and the discomforting truth that we鈥檙e not doing enough to save it
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CommentGreen Deal is not the only way to fund emissions reductions
Just because few people are taking up the Green Deal offer doesn鈥檛 mean innovative finance solutions for energy efficiency are dead
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CommentThe cost of cuts to help for fuel poor homes
Cuts in government programmes that help the fuel poor have also hurt construction
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CommentHedgehog ramps and hypocrisy
Flooding in Somerset has a lesson to teach us about our decisions when it comes to living with nature
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好色先生TVECO retrofit measures dip sharply
The number of energy efficiency measures installed falls 20% following government鈥檚 announcement of cuts to the scheme
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好色先生TVMPs call for greater scrutiny of green energy levies
MPs have called for greater parliamentary oversight of subsidies for renewable energy schemes that are set to rise by nearly 拢7.6bn a year by 2020
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CommentThe world needs a 'resilience compass'
We are used to the idea of a 鈥榤oral compass鈥� and have developed legal structures around it but there are few legal structures around ecological protection
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好色先生TVContractors to earn less for retrofit work under ECO
Analysis by 好色先生TV shows poor return due to fall in carbon price since government cuts to ECO scheme
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好色先生TVUK lags behind Europe on energy efficiency funding
Campaign group claims Treasury is refusing to earmark 拢60bn in carbon taxes for energy efficiency programmes
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Archive TitlesGreen Deal finance redtape cut
Green Deal Finance Company removes barriers for firms to lend under flagship government scheme
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CommentThe power of nothing
It is easy to forget that not buying something at all is often the best way
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CommentHow much longer must we wait for new housing standards?
It has been three months since the consultation on the housing standards review closed and still we have heard nothing
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CommentGreen Deal: Baby steps
The Green Deal is officially one year old. Has it lived up to expectations?