Sustainability News – Page 79
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NewsBoris demands better use of open space
Mayor links up with Cabe to produce council guidance on design and management of public open spaces
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News55 Temple Row aims for BREEAM excellence
Squire and Partners submits design for former Bank of England site in Birmingham
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NewsWorld's first safety flooring recycling system
Process breaks down waste flooring and separates it into component parts that are recycled back into safety flooring
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NewsClaffey House aims for BREEAM 'excellent'
Aedas' zero-carbon design includes rooftop photovoltaic array and ground source heat pump
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NewsGlasgow M&S store nails record eco score
Design by 3D Reid and Faber Maunsell achieves highest ever BREEAM retail fit-out rating
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Romania plans giant hydro power station on Danube
Feasibility study under way into project to enable country to hit EU renewables target of 24%
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NewsRising demand for 'green collar' workers puts pressure on domestic skills market
Royal Haskoning warns growing eco-consciousness reveals skills gap that will hit construction industries
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NewsREHAU installs ground air heat exchanger system at Dorset school
AWADUKT Thermo ground air heat exchanger system will provide a renewable source of controlled ventilation
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NewsFirst commercial straw building opens in UK
Art sale room in Essex is sustainably built using a timber frame packed with straw bales
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NewsAbu Dhabi: The fast show
To kick off our increased coverage of the Middle East, Dan Stewart reports from one of the most frenetic – yet sustainable – construction booms on the planet
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NewsUK architects will visit China on sustainability market mission
The government is to take a group of architects to China in November in an attempt to snatch a share of the country’s sustainability market.
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NewsPrasad: only two or three eco-towns should go ahead
A key government adviser on eco-towns told a Labour conference fringe event this week that only two or three of the plans were good enough to be developed.
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EPC numbers 'not in public interest' government says
DCLG tells voter letting him know assessor details could 'harm the project'
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NewsOFT clears housebuilders but raises zero-carbon fears
Year-long inquiry into house pricing finds ‘little evidence’ of malpractice, but says eco targets could affect competition
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NewsNo new coal plants without carbon capture
Environment Agency says carbon storage technology should be a planning requirement for all new coal power stations
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NewsEDF buys UK nuclear operator for £12.5bn
UK nuclear building programme set to take off after French giant finally seals the deal on British Energy
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NewsGrant launched for energy assessors
NES to give £2,500 to group of assessors or home inspectors that makes the best case for support
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NewsDrive to halve construction waste
Firms throughout the supply chain are urged to commit to targets on reducing non-recycled waste
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NewsSustainability: Reasons to be cheerful
Five reasons why going green will not go away during a recession according to experts in the field
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NewsJust how green is green power?
In the hurry to switch to green electricity, we haven't worked out the environmental cost of technology used to produce it.