Sustainability News – Page 66
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News£2bn funding gap threatens wind farms
Credit crunch means major schemes with planning approval may not be built unless government steps in to help
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Part L: The animated edition
Building Regulations could include pictures and diagrams to help foreign builders, architects and householders interpret them, if suggestions by government advisers are followed through
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Major firms face fines for electricity use
Legislation designed to force corporations to cut their electricity bills will affect four times as many construction firms as previously thought
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NewsGive up on 2016 zero-carbon target, says RICS
Chartered surveyor group calls for government to adopt a "more realistic" target of 70% reduction
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NewsGazeley warehouse first to achieve BREEAM 'Outstanding'
G Park Blue Planet in Staffordshire is recognised as meeting green rating system's new top standard of sustainability
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NewsHow Gazeley scored the first ever BREEAM 'Outstanding'
G Park Blue Planet logistics warehouse in Staffordshire tops the standards of sustainability. But how?
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NewsBritish Gas green scheme to offer £2m to 14 projects
Green Streets Two will fund community schemes to increase energy efficiency or generate renewable power
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NewsRed buses shelter under new green roof in West Ham
Green roof will provide a habitat for local wildlife and maintain natural drainage
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NewsCIOB calls for focus on energy use in existing stock
Industry body voices disappointment in government consultation that overlooks embodied energy issue
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NewsArup to masterplan Chinese prototype eco-scheme
Government-backed green industrial park in Wuhan city aims to set an example for environmental good practice
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NewsFunding hiatus puts photovoltaics industry at risk
Industry warns that closure of low-carbon building fund jeopardises renewables sector
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NewsSurvey confirms building control officers enforce regs
LABC welcome results of poll commissioned to disprove claims that Part L is under-enforced
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NewsInvestor found for Thames Gateway waste plant
Waste management firm Cyclamax will build 100,000 tonne capacity plant in Dagenham
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NewsRMJM unveils new look for affordable housing
Housing model that requires no heating developed in response to government new-build targets
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NewsVideo: The house built of water
Eco's new ECO2H2OUSE uses tanks of water in ceiling voids to help achieve thermal mass and Passivhaus standards. Tim Fenn explains
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NewsMinister welcomes new green building code
Beckett positive about UK-GBC's proposed framework to improve sustainability of new and existing non-domestic buildings
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NewsUK among top six producers of green goods and services
New report shows UK accounts for 3.5% of global output in sustainability related sectors, with US top at 21%
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NewsGovernment rule changes baffle EPC firms
The government has confused the sustainability industry by issuing – then seemingly retracting – guidance that would alter the way energy performance certification is carried out
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NewsCabe calls on government to toughen green rules for councils
Cabe report sets out the types of policies needed to create low-carbon cities
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NewsVideo: A big response to Richard Hawkes' grand design
The architect describes public reaction to his low-carbon Crossway house after it appeared on TV's Grand Designs