Sustainability News – Page 48
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NewsMay Gurney wins £60m of waste and recycling work
Infrastructure support services company will work for West Oxfordshire and North Yorkshire councils over seven years
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NewsCoalition maintains zero-carbon commitment
Conservative-Lib Dem government confirms that from 2016 all new homes will be zero-carbon
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NewsBerkeley pledges to achieve green standard on all schemes
First move by new boss is to ensure housebuilder meets silver Building for Life criteria across portfolio
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NewsPioneering biodiversity scheme launched
Project, paid for by developers, aims to create wildlife habitats, provide flood mitigation and store carbon
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NewsCow dung to power data centres
Hewlett-Packard is developing methane-powered data centres to be sited at dairy farms
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Coalition scraps Hips
Housing minister announces plan to ’cut pointless red tape’ by dropping information pack requirement
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National Grid to seek £3.2bn for green upgrade
Rights issue-funded adaptation of existing network is planned to create about 5,000 new jobs
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Heatherwick's new bus design revealed
Transport for London hopes 'new routemaster' will be in service by 2012
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Energy secretary: Nuclear will go ahead privately
New incumbent Chris Huhne says no public money will be spent on plants, but they will probably still go ahead
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John Gummer to appear at Sustainability Now
Former environment secretary will be at virtual event at 12.45pm today
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£400bn energy supergrid plan unveiled
Grid will span contients and provide 15% of Europe and the Middle East's electricity needs
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Tory-Lib Dem coalition reveals energy policies
Coalition agreement shows scrapping of HIPS but continued commitment to EPCs and feed-in tariffs
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Heathrow third runway scrapped
Coalition government agrees to cancel runway and block further runways at other airports
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Lib Dems and Tories split on nuclear power
Lib Dems opposed to expansion in nuclear power but Tories agree there will be no public subsidies
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Chris Huhne appointed energy and climate change secretary
The appointment will be one of five cabinet posts for Liberal Democrats in David Cameron's government
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Sustainability Now conference opens today
Discuss what the coalition government means for sustainability at Building's free two-day online event
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Post-election survey: Tell us what you think about the hung parliament
We'd like to know what you think the election result means for green policies, so we're offering a £50 Amazon voucher prize draw
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Industry demands Building Regs calculation details
Construction professionals are calling for the communities department to publish the calculation methodology that will enable designers to meet the 2010 Building Regulations announced last week
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NewsLess than half commercial properties have EPCs
EPC index shows an increase, but proves only a minority in the sector comply with energy labelling regulations