Sustainability News – Page 34
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NewsGreen Construction Board to examine future of DECs
Move comes after government halts roll-out of energy policy to commercial buildings
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NewsGoing for green: Student complex awarded highest ever BREEAM rating
The accomodation complex scored 95.05%
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NewsFMB: 'Green Deal installers need to be able to self-certify work'
Alignment of standards is needed to keep costs down says FMB and CITB-Construction Skills
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NewsEnergy boss: 'PV subsidies a waste of government funds'
PV panels are not efficient enough to justify investment, says chief executive of RWN npower
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NewsTurner & Townsend to manage London energy retrofit scheme
Firm will oversee roll out key priority for mayor Boris Johnson in contract worth £2.67m
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NewsBradford student digs awarded highest ever BREEAM rating
Student halls built by GB Building awarded 95.05% score
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NewsSkanska wins £50m City development
Fletcher Priest-designed building scheduled to complete in autumn 2013 with work to begin immediately
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Collapse of carbon capture deal branded 'farce'
WWF slams ‘four wasted years’ as Department for Energy and Climate Change seeks a fresh pilot
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NewsConstruction firms could get green tax exemptions
Chancellor plans to reduce burden on companies with high energy needs
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NewsGovernment ‘schizophrenia’ undermining green investment, MPs warn
Parliamentary committee tells climate minister Greg Barker not to backtrack
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News£1bn carbon capture pilot 'axed'
Report says Scottish Power due to pull out of flagship Longannet scheme
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NewsWork begins on world's largest solar bridge
The first solar panels have been installed on the roof of Blackfriars Station
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NewsCarillion joins high street names in Green Deal push
Consortium of banks and energy giants to offer finance
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News‘Prepare buildings for global warming’, says government
Builders and homeowners to be called on to take measures against ‘inevitable’ rising temperatures
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NewsDan Labbad to co-chair Green Construction Board
Government board to drive sustainability will meet for the first time “later in the autumn”
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NewsTop industry names appointed to minister's carbon compliance committee
Paul Morrell and HBF’s John Slaughter among those to examine how targets can be hit
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NewsDenham calls for 'national investment bank'
Shadow business secretary called for government to renew infrastructure and green policy
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NewsGovernment set to re-write green plans for built environment
Ministers believe buildings must to be made to cope with climate extremes because global warming is unstoppable
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NewsRow escalates over 'climate change failings'
Industry attacks Andrew Stunell’s claims that housebuilders do not take sustainability seriously enough
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NewsHousebuilders failing to deliver on zero carbon, says Stunell
Construction industry is failing to build to required standards says Communities minister in Lib Dem keynote