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好色先生TVGambling on green is still an outside bet
Companies won't start installing wind turbines until green profits become sustainable
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好色先生TVSpending watchdog savages government鈥檚 green record
National Audit Office lays into government鈥檚 management of its own buildings
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好色先生TVNHBC: Green regulation will mean less living space
Renewable technologies will create homes with larger footprints or smaller living space
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FeaturesFibre optic solar lighting
Swedish company Parans is introducing the Parans System to the UK. The system enables natural sunlight to be piped deep into buildings in thin, flexible fibre-optic cables. Unlike traditional sun pipes, which take up space and usually have to be installed during construction or disruptively later, the Parans System鈥檚 optical ...
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Innovative electrical production
EC Power has developed the XRGI, a micro combined heat and power (CHP) generator.
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District heating system
Heat exchanger specialist Alfa Laval has introduced a district heating substation to provide and regulate heating and hot water for single-family homes.
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Flat plate solar collector
Heating products maker Vaillant has added the Aurotherm VFK 900 to its solar heating range.
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好色先生TVWhat the code will cost
So now we have an idea of what the code for sustainable homes will require and when it will require it. what we didn鈥檛 know, until now, is what the damage to our wallets would be 鈥�
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Green offices: cheaper than you might think ...
A report commissioned by 好色先生TV says a 2.5% increase in rents could make new-build offices 25% more energy efficient than the current version of Part L of the 好色先生TV Regulations.
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Ecoterre earth brick
Ibstock Brick has launched the Ecoterre Earth, an unfired clay brick designed for use in internal party walls.
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QCs enter legal spat over bird protection areas
The government鈥檚 wildlife watchdog has called in top QCs to defend its moratorium on new housing across a large stretch of the Home Counties.
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Sanyo air conditioning
Sanyo Air Conditioners has launched an air-conditioning system partially powered by photovoltaic (PV) panels.
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好色先生TVAl Gore ready to take questions
Think 07 is providing an opportunity to put questions to Al Gore ahead of his speech at the sustainability conference on May 1
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好色先生TV20% of Olympic site now clear
Every building demolished is being photographed to enable designers to identify recyclable materials
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好色先生TVJune date for UK's first top level sustainable house
Zero carbon home from Sheppard Robson, Arup and Kingspan features PVs, biomass and a 'wind catcher'
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Opening a can of worms
The unfortunate demise of the contents of his first wormery has caused Reverend Green to consider the value of this method of composting
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好色先生TVTraining bodies insist there is no shortage of HIP assessors
There will be enough trained inspectors in place before introduction of HIPs in June, claim assessors
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好色先生TVGovernment risks green backlash, industry warns
鈥極ver-ambitious鈥� targets could lead housebuilders to turn their back on sustainability
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CommentApocalypse cow
The only way we can save humanity from climate change is if we all pull together. But that鈥檚 not likely if bankers keep insisting on aircon, hedge funds keep looking for profit and cows keep 鈥� doing what cows do