Sustainability News – Page 72
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NewsTool lets consultants digitally overlay site plans
Landmark's product promises an end to holding up bits of paper to the window
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NewsCarbon cuts cost £7,000 per home for sixties towers
Study shows building fabric alterations are the only way to hit 60% reduction target
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NewsGovernment to unleash 10,000 insulation professionals
Experts cautiously welcome pre-pre-Budget report announcement to green existing homes
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NewsGreen Letter from America
As Obama-mania continues to hold the US, realistically what sustainability measures will the new president-elect be able to implement, asks the principal at Yudelson Associates
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NewsCrossrail mud helps save Essex birds
Excavated earth from rail construction will be used to build new bird habitats near Southend
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NewsAffordable GreenGauge Homes win first award
Lingwood in Norfolk is a scheme involving 15 green affordable homes
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NewsGreen construction not as expensive
US Green Building Council survey says if energy and water efficiency are calculated, cost increase is only 1.6%
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Only 22 homes crack the Code
Only 22 developments have been certified under the Code for Sustainable Homes since it came into force a year and a half ago.
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NewsUrban Splash slams ‘drug dealer’ utilities
Urban Splash’s Nick Johnson likened energy companies to drug dealers this week as he called for reform of the utilities markets
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NewsThe green team
Winners at the 2008 Building Sustainability Awards celebrated on Tuesday after picking up gongs for contributions to eco living.
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NewsCredit crunch holds up prototype eco-town
Northstowe near Cambridge will be delayed at least a year because of funding problems and project complexity
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NewsChris Addison: celebrated know-nothing - video
The comic, who had guests laughing last night, tells us how writing from ignorance about personal finance naturally led him into a monthly column covering something else he was not clued up on: Building ...
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NewsSustainability Champion of the Year and Sustainable Contractor of the Year: Wates Group - video
Not content with scooping a double award, Wates Group's Rachel Wooliscroft wanted to tell us what was she was up to next. Wates Group - Rachel Wooliscroft
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NewsSustainable Engineer of the Year - video
Max Fordham LLP may not have won the prize for the Watford Leisure Centres, but the sustainability legend's team was delighted to be recognised for their engine work nonetheless.Sustainable Engineer of the Year 2008: Max Fordham ...
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NewsPooran Desai demands 80% cut in green legislation - video
Winner of the Building Sustainability Award leader of the year for 2008 calls for slashing of green bureaucracy
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NewsFitzpatrick builds for its green future
Winner of the Building Sustainability Award large project of the year the new Fitzpatrick HQ building is an exemplar of green development. It achieved a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating thanks to an inspired design, dual power supplies, dimmable external lighting and pine scented air
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NewsOld terraces in Staffordshire become green icons
Winner of the Building 99% Campaign Award for refurbishment this is an inspiring example of how to turn a humble Victorian house into an eco terrace
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NewsCornish wave power scheme launched
JP Kenny to oversee development of scheme demonstrating wave power on a commercial scale
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NewsWates scores double at Sustainability Awards
Waste strategy helps firm pick up Sustainable Contractor and Sustainability Champion gongs
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NewsNorthern Arizona University: Platinum record
Sustainable architect of the year at the Building Sustainability Awards 2008 Hopkins owes its success to this bold project in America. The research building is one of the most environment-friendly in the US