All articles by Stephen Kennett – Page 18
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NewsUKGBC welcomes Tory plans for energy loans
Green body says Conservative plans to offer homeowners £6,500 are 'step in the right direction'
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NewsResearch into low energy homes gets £3.2m boost
Housing minister pledges money to be used to build demonstration homes to code level four
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NewsCall for industry to cut emissions 50% in 10 years
UK Green Building Council says construction must take larger share of burden if UK is to meet its carbon targets
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NewsHousing minister announces zero carbon standard
John Healey uses speech at UKGBC/Building sustainability conference to set minimum standard for zero carbon homes
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NewsGovernment to fail on zero-carbon schools target
Reports says Partnerships for Schools should concentrate on behaviour change as primary method of cutting emissions
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NewsPart L change could spell end of steel-framed windows
Crittall Windows boss says end of historic building exemption in Building Regulations, due to come into effect next April, will 'limit personal choice'
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NewsStudy reveals high cost of building brick zero-carbon homes
Two houses built to code level four and six out of traditional material prove to be much more expensive than previous estimates
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NewsKevin McCloud unveils protoype straw house
House with prefab panels infilled with straw bales could help UK meet its carbon reduction targets if used widely in housebuilding
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NewsTrump Tower becomes world's sixth tallest building
Rules for ranking height of skyscrapers change but the Burj of Dubai will still top them all once completed next year
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NewsPlanning to be relaxed for micro-renewables
Housing and planning minister proposes changing rules to encourage property owners to install low-carbon options such as wind turbines
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NewsiAwards winners announced
Ceremony recognises achievements of British firms, including E-stack for its innovative ventilation system
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NewsGlobal carbon language launched to rate buildings
International organisations agree a tool called 'common carbon metric' for measuring carbon footprints
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FeaturesRobo cop: BLP’s digital project police
Insurer BLP has come up with a digital system for policing building projects and spotting problems before they happen
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FeaturesA world awaits us: The Copenhagen conference building boom
A deal on carbon reduction targets in next month’s Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen could create a boom for UK consultants working overseas
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FeaturesAcoustics: The sound of silence
A study at an Essex secondary school revealed a significant boost to pupil concentration when acoustics were improved
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NewsLoans worth £1.4bn offered to build onshore windfarms
European Investment Bank will provide £700m of loans, with other UK-based banks financing the remainder
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NewsiAwards shortlist revealed
E-stack, Quiet Revolution and Crest Nicholson recognised by government awards for innovation in built environment
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NewsGreen light for UK's first zero-landfill energy park
Energy minister wants cutting-edge combination of recycling centre and biomass power plant at Peterborough to be first of many
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NewsBuilding and NES launch commercial EPC index
Initiative aims to tackle problem that 75% of commercial builds are illegally marketed without an EPC
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FeaturesBaby, do you like my curves?
Great news for fans of blobby architecture – a technology that creates curvaceous structures with such speed and precision that it could change the way we build