Sustainability News – Page 132
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NewsWind farm scaled back
Plans for the UK's largest onshore wind farm have been revised in response to conservationists' fears
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NewsPre-budget speech: All new homes to be zero carbon in 10 years
Chancellor Gordon Brown announces stamp duty exemption for new zero carbon homes
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Guinness quits zero carbon plan
One of the biggest housing associations has pulled out of the race to build London mayor Ken Livingstone’s zero carbon project in the Docklands.
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Land values must fall 14% to make sense of eco promises
Stephen Stone, chief executive of Crest Nicholson, has said land values must drop by an average of 14% to enable eco-friendly schemes to stack up.
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NewsBRE opens for business in Ireland
BRE joins forces with the education bodies in Limerick to establish BRE Ireland
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NewsMayor threatens to call in Stratford City scheme
Key scheme receives planning approval but may be called in by Ken Livingstone over energy targets
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NewsZero carbon cost study for Thames Gateway
Interim study by Turner & Townsend and Arup is presented at Thames Gateway Forum: report attached
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NewsWinners of the Sustainability Awards
Results from last night’s awards ceremony celebrating the pioneering construction of low carbon buildings
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NewsPlans revealed for £110m Welsh eco-resort
Bluestone holiday village in Pembrokeshire will feature a sub-tropical water world and snow centre
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WWF urges five year target for zero carbon homes
Green pressure group calls for government to make zero carbon condition of public funding
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Porritt welcomes industry’s new-build zero carbon group
The Construction Products Association has launched a group to achieve zero carbon new-build in the UK in the next 15 years.
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Moayedi launches green invention
Paris Moayedi’s business comeback is set to take another step forward when the former Jarvis man launches a renewable energy system at the end of this month.
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A guide to green offices
The British Council of Offices has published a guide on how to construct and maintain green buildings
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NewsDavis Langdon to offer carbon reduction service
Consultant to introduce carbon audits and advise on how to reduce emissions
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Construction industry under fire over global warming
Stern Report points to lack of co-ordination and training as causes of poor quality buildings
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NewsDavis Langdon takes carbon neutral route
Consultant says it must set an example to clients by reducing energy consumption
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NewsClimate change report warns of economic disaster
Sir Nicholas Stern's report says failure to tackle climate change could reduce annual output by 10-20%
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NewsWind turbine lost overboard
Parts of a wind turbine being transported to the Western Isles have been lost in the North Sea
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Next generation of solar panels arrives in Wales
US firm will manufacture “flexible” PVs at a new factory in South Wales
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NewsGalliford Try to build Europe’s biggest onshore wind farm
The contractor will start construction immediately on the £79m Whitelee Wind Farm near Glasgow