Sustainability News – Page 61
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NewsGovernment to name 10 eco-town sites
First and second-wave towns to be announced on Thursday said to include sites in East Hampshire, Cornwall, Oxfordshire and Norfolk
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NewsEnergy body calls for better wind turbine information
Energy Savings Trust recommends regulation of data provided on domestic turbine performance following year-long trial
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NewsEnglish Heritage attacks Part L proposals
Heritage body set to oppose plans to bring historic buildings up to modern energy efficiency standards when refurbished
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NewsNew thermal imaging tool quantifies carbon emissions
IRT Surveys' infrared analysis tool provides easy online assessment of CO2 as well as heat loss
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NewsEx-BP boss wants banks forced to invest in green power
Lord Browne tells Times newspaper that lack of credit is blocking achievement of clean energy targets
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NewsGreen light for John McAslan's £120m super-campus
Manchester Metropolitan University's Birley Fields campus will add £29m a year to local shops and services
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NewsPart L: Stopping heat loss through the cavity
Part L will soon include heat loss through party cavity walls and new homes will need to be sealed properly
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NewsPlanning delays block switch to green energy, warns CBI
Uncertainty over planning policy is discouraging essential investment in low-carbon infrastructure, say employers
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NewsGovernment U-turn on Part L provokes industry fury
Plan to force homeowners to include eco measures in home improvements dropped at last minute
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NewsPart L: a comprehensive guide to the major changes
Exploring the implications of alternations proposed in the government’s consultation on energy use rules
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NewsGovernment gives big boost to wind power
Restrictions dropped to encourage expansion in offshore wind farm construction
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NewsArup picked to lead low-carbon car scheme
Consortium wins two-year contract to accelerate development and testing of electrical vehicles in the West Midlands
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NewsSponsored webinar: Designing to the new Part L with Pilkington
Timely online seminar examines how the changes to the energy regs will affect building designs
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NewsBelfast to rethink green power plant refusal
Doubt cast over council's decision not to sell land required for £1bn energy-from-waste plant
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NewsPart L: 'Has the department been taken over by UKIP supporters?'
Navigating the confusing twists and turns of the Part L consultations
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NewsPlans to improve existing stock dropped from Part L proposals
Plan to make energy efficiency improvements compulsory when extending homes has been scrapped
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NewsGovernment: new homes and buildings must be 25% greener
Healey proposes changes to Part L of building regulations to improve energy efficiency after October 2010
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NewsVideo: Prince's handiwork revealed at his Passivhaus home
The Prince's Foundation is testing Passivhaus principles on its prototype Natural House at the BRE's Innovation Park
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NewsClean coal could boost economy by £4bn
Report claims UK's plan to develop carbon capture technology could create up to 60,000 jobs
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NewsGreen Register launches training for sustainable refurbishment
RIBA teams up with the Green Register to run workshops on effective and green housing refurbishment