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好色先生TVCoalition is 'damaging business'
Think tank of senior figures criticise government policies over investment in green construction skills
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好色先生TVGovernment poised to backtrack on Part L
Consultation expected to water down carbon reduction targets
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好色先生TVMinister: FIT rate 'may be higher than 21p'
Greg Barker is to announce than 21p feed-in tariff is a minimum
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FeaturesA lot to live up to: 好色先生TV houses that meet predicted energy use
The gap between a house鈥檚 predicted energy use and actual performance has been comprehensively panned. 好色先生TV meets three developers who reckon their projects will show that low carbon on paper can mean low carbon in practice
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FeaturesCarillion's purchase of Eaga: Blinded by the sun
In April, Carillion bought Eaga - a company with big plans to install PV panels on 30,000 homes - and rebranded it as Carillion Energy Services. Seven months later, government feed-in tariffs have been cut in half, and all 4,500 jobs are on the line. So was the 拢298m purchase ...
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CommentWhat skills will SMEs need to prepare for the Green Deal?
The first report has been published on the skills needed for Green Deal retrofits, and Mark Farrar explains what this means for SMEs
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好色先生TVCarillion to pull out of fitting solar PV panels
Contractor will exit solar PV installation market and outsource future work to SMEs
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好色先生TVTwo contractors set to guarantee energy performance
Skanska and Willmott Dixon in talks over inserting clauses in contracts to guarantee energy performance of buildings
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好色先生TVSkanska boss: 'Don't wait for government to drive green agenda'
Skanska鈥檚 chief executive has said green skills can be a driver for the growth the government craves
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好色先生TVSolar installations surge 300% to meet FITs deadline
Solar firms report huge jump in business in what is likely to be the last month of the current tariff rate
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好色先生TVBam picked for 拢15m Scottish Water operations centre
Reiach & Hall-designed office scheme is highly sustainable and will cover 7,300m2 over four storeys
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好色先生TVNo legal ruling to FITs cut until next year
A legal challenge to the government鈥檚 plans to cut solar subsidies will not be heard until after the consultation on the plans closes
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好色先生TVOne retrofit needed every minute to meet 2050 green targets
Report criticised performance gap between effectiveness of energy efficiency measures and designed performance
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FeaturesHydropower: Water works
With all the controversy over solar, you鈥檇 be forgiven for forgetting that hydropower produces a thousand times more electricity. 好色先生TV investigates a power source that could light up the industry
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CommentGreen Deal proposals: Deal or no deal?
The government wants to reduce our utility bills and cut emissions at no cost to itself. Its answer is the Green Deal, published last week: get private investors to offer loans to pay for insulation. So what kind of reaction have the proposals received?
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好色先生TVBam Nuttall wins job on 拢120m energy scheme
New energy plant for E.ON will covert recycled wood waste into energy
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好色先生TVBreyer Group reveals scale of damage after FITs cut
Multi-million pound contracts with Colchester and Islington councils in doubt after Peabody cancellation
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好色先生TVAutumn statement is 鈥榤issed opportunity鈥�, says Green 好色先生TV Council
Disappointment as no more Green Deal incentives appear in Osborne鈥檚 announcement
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好色先生TVGovernment's Green Deal jobs estimate falls by 35,000
Wildly varying estimates for job creation levels represent 鈥榖est and worst case scenarios鈥�, government claims
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好色先生TVRenewable heat subsidy to create 500,000 jobs
Incentives to increase the affordability of installations of renewable heat systems will result in 126,000 installations by 2020, claims government