Sustainability News – Page 69
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NewsR&D centre announced for carbon-neutral city
Masdar joins forces with GE to fund a new centre to develop and showcase green technologies in zero-waste Masdar City
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NewsUAE commits to 7% green energy
Leading oil-producing nation pledges to meet new renewable power target by 2020
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NewsWhy renewables dominated World Future Energy Summit
Checking out the latest technology in renewable power at the World Future Energy Summit
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NewsFirst carbon-negative residential development breaks ground
National Grid to take excess power from 172 homes
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NewsDownturn will hit green gains in housing
Recession is already leading to reduced demand for sustainability in housing, reveals survey
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NewsConservatives propose £6,500 eco-grants for homeowners
Tory 'green' paper includes £1bn investment in national grid to enable homeowners to sell energy from domestic renewables
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Government moots SAP levy
The government is considering introducing a levy on domestic Energy Performance Certificates to pay for the expansion of the system used to assess the energy efficiency of houses
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NewsDevelopers fear becoming green energy suppliers
Survey reveals that a third of firms expect to become responsible for renewable energy generation
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Plastic lobby wins row over wooden windows advert
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint that an advert for wooden windows misleadingly implied that plastic windows were more environmentally damaging
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NewsRevolutionary breathable insulation system gets £1m funding boost
Energyflo's developer is given £948,000 to help bring air-permeable dynamic insulation module to market
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NewsGovernment 'acted too slowly' on landfill waste
NAO warns that slow reaction to EU directive means councils could face massive penalties for missing targets
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NewsTesco's first eco-store has cardboard signs
Store has a carbon footprint 70% smaller than 2006 shop
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NewsBond Bryan gets go-ahead for Rotherham college
Architect gains planning approval for £70m new-build art and technology college in town centre
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News79% ignore EPC recommendations
Energy certificates are failing to kickstart efficiency improvements in buildings, according to a joint survey by Building and the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
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NewsUK's biggest current zero-carbon housing scheme unveiled
Barratt site in Bristol will feature 195 homes meeting level six of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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NewsRiver Severn power row breaks out
US engineer accused of overinflating costs of alternative and simpler green solution to16km barrage
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NewsBritish engineers invent carbon-negative cement
Magnesium-based material which absorbs CO2 during manufacture attracts interest from major construction firms
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NewsWind farms in planning and costs crisis
Government climate goals threatened by torturous application process and soaring cost of construction