Sustainability News – Page 102
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NewsCar journeys cut to 25% in new eco-towns
Government recommends managed and limited car access in ten planned towns
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NewsThe rise of the boiler
With the implementation of EPCs next month, boiler inspections could soon be an important issue for owners and occupiers, says Lovells' Simon Keen
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NewsFirst estimates of EPC costs revealed
Leading providers claim certificates will set back building owners anywhere between £500 to over £20,000
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BRE creates new sustainable product standard
Global arm of standards outfit to consult on assessing products by lifecycle analysis, biodiversity and labour practice in manufacturing process
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NewsSustainable TV: Jones Lang LaSalle boss interview part one
Colin Dyer, the boss of one of the world's biggest property consultants, Jones Lang LaSalle chief executive talks sustainability
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Sustainable TV: The newspaper house
See the unveiling of artist Sumer Erek's art installation, which was revealed to the public in Dalston, north east London, earlier this month
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NewsArup's Cambridge University site gets green light
£9.5m Institute for Manufacturing building first at the university to have biomass boiler
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NewsScotland opens £90m biomass power station
Steven's Croft in Lockerbie could more than doubles Scotland's biomass electricity
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NewsThink confirms leading green figurehead speakers
Herbert Girardet and Ché Wall amongst keynote speakers at the Think 2008 conference
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Shortlisted bidders flee from EP flagship zero-carbon scheme
Viability concerns drive half the shortlist to ditch Carbon Challenge scheme in Peterborough
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NewsHowe Dell school, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire Council commissioned the project to test the latest eco-friendly system with its most intriguing feature being the temperature control
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NewsCameron backs builders' drive for a greener industry
Tory leader praises environmental construction campaign by Federation of Master Builders
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NewsElm Park, Dublin
Bucholz McEvoy Architects’ Elm Park is a stunning £300m mixed-use, sustainable extension to Dublin, made all the more attractive by the charmless dross that surrounds it
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Government instigates Building Regulation revolution
Two years after it began, Building’s Reform the Regs campaign ends in victory
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‘Zero carbon’ to be defined by end of year
The industry has welcomed the promise in last week’s Budget to define what “zero-carbon housing” actually means.
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NewsFirst new build EPC produced
Elmhurst Energy claims bragging rights for certificate for Leicestershire David Wilson home
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NewsGifford boss moves to sustainable software firm
Richard Quincey joins Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) as technical director.
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Leaky promises over EPCs
Back in 2002, the Government promised it would be able to implement every last scrap of European energy performance building legistlation on time. What happened next? Not an awful lot, says Andrew Warren of the Association for the Conservation of Energy, apart from a lot of CO2 emitting.
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NewsBankside 123
A giant £220m office development, delivered on time, to budget, with zero defects – and an admirable approach to sustainability
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NewsEco-experts to advise Whitehall civil servants
The government is setting up a Centre of Expertise for Sustainable Procurement to push departments to go greener