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NewsCarbon cuts cost £7,000 per home for sixties towers
Study shows building fabric alterations are the only way to hit 60% reduction target
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NewsLifecycle tool helps housing associations apply for funding
New costing tool from BLP was developed alongside the Housing Corporation
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NewsIM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art opens in Doha
New art gallery opens by Pritzker Prize-winning architect who designed the Louvre
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Comment
The Chancellor's measures are not exceptional enough
I can but agree with the Chancellor that these are exceptional times and they require exceptional measures.My complaint, as I have said before, is that it took rather too long for the bulk of the political establishment to accept the severity of the economic turmoil we faced.And sadly I do ...
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Online event to focus on booming education market
Education Now event will bring together market experts, case studies and key data for those buildign schools, colleges and universities
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NewsKing’s College Dubai by Penoyre and Prasad
20,000m2 building complex features passive and active design measures to minimise energy consumption
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NewsLandmark ruling brings relief to asbestos victims
Ruling means sufferers from deadly cancer can claim compensation from insurers who covered employers
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NewsBuilding Schools Exhibition and Conference 2009 dates announced
Highlights include talks by RIBA president Sunand Prasad, Tim Byles and John Sorrell, and the chance to see MAKE principle Ken Shuttleworth lead CABE's school design panel
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NewsGreen Letter from America
As Obama-mania continues to hold the US, realistically what sustainability measures will the new president-elect be able to implement, asks the principal at Yudelson Associates
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NewsHow to survive the recession
The current economic climate is affecting the progress of sustainability in the UK
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NewsAffordable GreenGauge Homes win first award
Lingwood in Norfolk is a scheme involving 15 green affordable homes
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NewsGreen construction not as expensive
US Green Building Council survey says if energy and water efficiency are calculated, cost increase is only 1.6%
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Appointments: Chartered Institute of Building names new COO
Also: Balfour Beatty and NG Bailey announce latest promotions and appointments
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NewsHOK Sport director leaves for the Middle East
Man who helped win Wembley and Olympic stadium jobs quits architect to take up post in Abu Dhabi
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NewsOne in five workers face redundancy before 2011
Government holds urgent talks with industry ahead of pre-Budget report as crisis deepens
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CommentA sea of troubles
Looking into the white wall of fog ahead, it’s impossible to discern a safe haven, or the rocks in between. But, says Richard Steer, that doesn’t mean we should lose sight of what we’re about
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NewsWhere now for the Thames Gateway?
Withdrawn transport schemes, impending recession and renewed tensions over the investment plan: the future for the Thames Gateway never looked bleaker. So what’s to be done? In the run-up to next week’s Thames Gateway forum, the leaders of the programme tell us how it can be delivered.
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NewsSpurs picks Arsenal project manager for new stadium
Tottenham Hotspur fan Paul Mitchell gets to work on his own team's new stadium after delivering Arsenal's Emirates ground
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NewsCivil engineering SMEs will shed 5,500 jobs in next six months
Trade body calls on government to act as spate of redundancies, loss of work and payment periods worsen
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NewsBarratt says it will not breach lending covenants
But housebuilder admits more writedowns will be needed after further dip in market