Sustainability News – Page 97
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NewsWe need consistent data on sustainability
Paul King argues that the sheer amount of eco-activities worldwide can end up holding us back by creating confusion
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NewsHeadteacher inspires green thinking at school level at Think 08
Richard Dunne speaks of greening schools and attracting young blood to eco-construction
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NewsDunster to drive Transition Town development
Eco architect to team up with 'post-oil' community to develop zero carbon housing and a factory for production of components for his RuralZED houses in Totnes
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NewsCIBSE, Arup and others ‘Engineer the Future’ in Think 08 Seminars
From carbon calculators to avoiding the Apocalypse, it's slide rules for sustainabilty at the ExCel
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NewsEPC costs balloon to 10 times more than planned
Energy certificates will cost £1.5bn this year, rather than £148m, assessors warn
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Merton Rule pioneer leaves council for architect’s firm
One of the inventors of the controversial Merton Rule has been poached from Merton council by a small planning and architecture firm.
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Office owners overestimate their buildings’ energy ratings
Two-thirds of office landlords believe their buildings will get higher energy performance ratings than those anticipated by experts.
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NewsTax rebate scheme backed at green Dragons' Den event
Green tariff proposal also backed by audience of sustainability professionals at Think and UK Green Building Council meeting. With video footage
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Online carbon calculator will help construction go green
Free tool helps calculate costs and benefits of carbon-saving techniques and technology
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NewsSolar power makes Lily Allen smile
Pop star uses solar-powered, sustainably built studio and supports renewable energy campaign
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NewsNew on-site measurement system launched in Merton
Scheme for private buildings involves attaching sensors to meters on turbines, solar PVs and other generators and outputting the information to a data logger
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The Weekly Green Gauge 28 April 2008
A brief riffle through the papers reveals a wandering jet stream, chimneys spewing flowers and corporations spewing nonsense.
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NewsYorkon offers green design options for modular buildings
Off-site manufacturing outfit unveils add-ons to make modular buildings more eco-friendly
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NewsDavid Strong on building ‘brand zero’
Chief executive of Inbuilt and founder of the UK Green Building Council asks how feasible is a zero-carbon built environment
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NewsA comforting vision of L: KPMG in Canary Wharf
KPMG’s new building in Canary Wharf shows that comfortable, glass-clad offices and the CO2 emissions targets expected in the 2010 revision of Part L are not mutually exclusive.
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NewsWaste and how to tame it
Site waste has never been the most glamorous end of the sustainability agenda. But, with a stringent regulation and a sharp rise in landfill tax being introduced this month, you ignore it at your peril. Dr David Moon of WRAP and Adam Mactavish of Cyril Sweett offer advice on how ...
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NewsThe UK's first code level five homes
The new flats in Mid Street in the sleepy village of South Nutfield might not look like anything to scare the horses, but in fact they are quietly revolutionary. Alex Smith takes a trip to the country to see the UK’s first code-level-five sustainable homes
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NewsArup to offer green design service
Arup is launching the strategy for ‘full sustainability’ at this year’s Think event
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NewsNew private sector body to lead drive towards zero-carbon
The government is to set up a private sector body to drive the move to zero-carbon housing by 2016.