All Sustainability articles – Page 67
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Green light for UK's first geothermal power station
Drilling will start in Cornwall in 2011 to access rocks at a temperature of 200°C
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ISG to build Victorian 'energy house'
Contractor brought in to help Salford University identify best ways of greening pre-1920 properties
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Industry body to research low cost eco-measures
The Energy Technologies Institute will look at eco-refurbishment and retrofitting of existing properties
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This house has been designed to be highly sustainable. So why isn’t it?
The gap between design and built performance is seriously hampering our chances of meeting the 2016 target for zero carbon homes
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Timber frame tops out at Daventry's iCon
The £8.5m project in Daventry aims to attract 60 sustainable construction and technology firms
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Green ɫTV Council demands more clarity on BREEAM
Trade body is urging BRE to share energy performance data
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Helical turbine firm launches 40% cheaper model
Quiet Revolution will release improved version of urban wind turbine
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CBI: Government must clarify energy and planning reforms
Business group report warns billions of private sector investment could be lost
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Councils to sell electricity to national grid
Chris Huhne lifts ban on selling renewable energy nationally
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The land of the Dachdeckermeister
Germany’s technical and political approach to sustainable construction is much more advanced than the UK’s. So why don’t we steal a few ideas from them
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Brookfield and WSP launch first green retrofit JV
Pair teams up with architect Woods Bagot to move into sector worth ’in excess of £10bn’ a year
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Renewables industry puts orders on hold after government u-turn
Fears grow among microrenewables installers after failure to bring key legislation forward
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Sustainability Awards deadline closes on September 3
Deadline looms for the built environment’s biggest eco-awards
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Cost model: Part L
The upcoming changes to Part L will crank up the low-carbon agenda. The authors consider the costs and their influence on design
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Shapps delays definition of zero carbon
Housing minister Grant Shapps has been forced to row back from a pre-election promise to get the definition of zero carbon finalised “within weeks” of getting into office
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East Anglia’s green energy centre falls three months behind
An “exemplar” biomass energy centre at the University of East Anglia, built by Morgan Sindall, is three months late in becoming operational
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Officials covered up £705m Part L saving
Civil servants covered up potential savings of £705m in order to help former housing minister John Healey justify scrapping proposed changes to ɫTV Regulations that were designed to make existing homes more energy efficient
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Scrapped turbine for Olympic park cost almost £1m
The Olympic Delivery Authority spent almost £1m working up plans for a wind turbine on the Olympic park only for it to be scrapped last month, the organisation has admitted.In accounts published last week, the ODA said the proposal for a 130m-high turbine had incurred “abortive” costs of £842,000 for ...
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Developers to pay into offsite energy fund
Housing minister says fund will enable developers to meet carbon reduction commitments
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Green 2012 expertise in danger of being lost
Government departments must harness the sustainable expertise gained from building the 2012 London Olympics