All Sustainability articles – Page 139
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Asphalt industry to offset carbon emissions
Members of the Mastic Asphalt Council will pay 1% levy on material costs to raise money for low energy projects
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Old and new challenges remain
Momentum is building behind zero-carbon new buildings but the Cinderella of the built environment, the existing estate, has been barely touched. Over to you the Treasury and No10, says Paul King
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Work starts of £110m regeneration project in Coventry
MCD Property’s redevelopment of one of Coventry city centre’s historic sites, The Butts begins. BREEAM excellent scheme includes ground source heat pumps
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The sustainability quiz
Welcome to our first environmental quiz, offering a budding eco-boffin a £20 Amazon token. Test how up to date you are on the latest environmental developments, as well as your knowledge of current affairs
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The Weekly Green Gauge
Plum Picks from around the green websites that matter and the Eco-blogosphere
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Do the right thing
Pursuing the bottom line at any cost is a quick route to extinction in today’s business world. It’s time we all embraced the new era of corporate responsibility, says Richard Steer
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The path to power
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV analysis: The government has willed the creation of the first nuclear reactors since 1995, but to get them it needs to erect a new planning system, overcome opposition from a host of enemies – some within the construction industry – and work out a way to store toxic waste ...
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The secret life of buildings
We hear an awful lot about architects’ splendid low-energy designs, but information about how they actually work when built is rarer than hens’ teeth. So we should all be grateful to Simons, which not only built itself a green office, but collected a year’s data on how it functioned. ...
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Eco-town bidders must notify councils or face disqualification
Prospective eco-town developers have been told they must notify relevant councils about their proposals if they want to win a place on one of the government’s 10 preferred sites.
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Aylesbury Vale eco-town could fund Oxford rail link
Planned Buckinghamshire development could contribute £15m to £150m East-West railway
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Eco-building disguised as a hedge
Architect and interior design firm's design for a business HQ boasts 100% renewable energy
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EPC software training sessions launched
Integrated Environmental Solutions to start sessions late this month. Top-up training for CIBSE Low Carbon Consultants will also be offered
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Shed developer ProLogis makes sustainability pledge
American distribution centre maker commits to design to LEEd standards in the US
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Floods hit UK homes
Environment Agency issues flood warnings, with Northern England, Wales and Midlands most at risk
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New Liverpool £10m school to create 'village' feel
Special needs school will feature sustainable feature including solar water heating, passive ventilation and automated windows
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Only 9% of government buildings meet eco-standards
Government is a long way off from meeting its own targets for sustainable buildings says Commons committee
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Weekend Green Review
In our weekend review, the redoubtable broadsheet columnists grapple with the pending green fatigue by talking about the most practical thing they can think of: energy production.
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The New York Times ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV in Manhattan, New York, is the best in clever and yet subtle architecture but its designers have bucked the trend and not tried for LEED accreditation, opting instead to build for user comfort. Does this bode well for skyscraper design in the 21st Century?
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CIBSE gets go-ahead for EPC accreditation push
Institution one of the the first to launch a scheme to train energy assessors for rollout of certificates for commercial buildings this year
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Developers hit out at Merton Rule bill
British Property Federation criticises proposals in a Tory MP’s private members’ bill claiming it would undermine its fight against climate change