All Sustainability articles – Page 23
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Straw houses go on sale in Bristol
Affordable straw homes made possible after components win certification
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UK cities rank highly among world's most sustainable cities
London, Manchester and Birmingham among top cities in world according to new index
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Swansea Bay lagoon secures £100m funding boost
InfraRed Capital invests £100m in mega-tidal project in Swansea
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Green lobby hails launch of 'breakthrough' energy efficiency regs
Regulations making it illegal for landlords to rent out the most energy inefficient homes presented to Parliament
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Lobby groups warn against cull of green planning resources
Government has removed online planning resources relating to parks and open spaces from main planning portal
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Watered down zero carbon homes policy clears Parliament hurdle
Infrastructure Bill passes House of Commons with crucial zero carbon clause untouched
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Ed Davey and Natalie Bennett confirmed for Ecobuild
Lord John Prescott and Alistair Campbell also confirmed as Ecobuild 2015 speakers
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Swansea Bay lagoon funding consultation launched
Government proposes offering project’s backers a guaranteed fixed price for electricity generated
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Green light for Cambridge zero carbon 200-home scheme
Hill wins planning permission for energy efficient 208-home scheme
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Sustainability: Thinner insulation
High-performance insulation materials enable much thinner profiIes to be used than their counterpart products. Sweett Group investigates if the benefits from the use of these thinner insulation materials outweigh the costs
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China notches up first BREEAM ‘outstanding’ high rise
Pelli Clarke Pelli tower lands design-stage accolade
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Doubts raised over fracking jobs boom
Activists and unions claim renewables sector is a better bet
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Interview: Paul King
Outgoing head of the UK Green ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Council Paul King sees an industry in large part willing to deliver the government’s green agenda. Unfortunately, the government itself has so badly undermined its own policies, the sector is no longer sure what that agenda is any more
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Ramboll faces £1.4m legal claim over wind farm work
£1.6bn Greater Gabbard wind farm contractor Fluor is pursuing damages over mast foundation design
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Willmott Dixon lands £60m Hull Green Deal package
Contractor will deliver energy efficiency improvements across 3,000 homes
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Sir Robert McAlpine takes steps to improve green performance
Firm introduces quarterly reporting of its sustainability data after UKGBC recommendation
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Government set to cut subsidy for biomass heat by 10%
Biomass installations exceeded expectations last quarter, triggering a cut from 1 January 2015
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Amount of retrofit work through ECO continues to fall
Number of energy efficiency measures installed through ECO plummets 77% since March peak
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Struggling green firm hits out at failed government policies
NWS is the latest Green Deal provider to be stung by slow uptake of the government retrofit schemes
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UN asks RICS to develop global business ‘climate toolkit’
Climate Summit in New York asks professional body to help focus on measures for built environment