Sustainability News – Page 103
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NewsKingspan Lighthouse
This pioneering house-of-the-future is the first built to Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes, a testament to team working.
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NewsBudget 2008 - The Smaller Print
We run through the detail of Alistair Darling's speech last week and find plenty of activity being progressed in Whitehall to encourage and legislate low carbon buildings.
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NewsBudget reaction: Paradigm shift required
Last week's surprise announcement of 2019 as the deadline for building zero carbon non-domestic buildings will require radical rethinking for design teams, reckons Sean Lockie
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Sustainable building could be key to American carbon strategy
Green technology could cut buildings' energy needs by 70%, saving carbon equal to a year of US transport emissions
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NewsCIBSE BRE and Hoare Lea gear up for EPC deadline
Institution claims it will have 100 assessors ready for 6 April deadline and 300 in place by July. BRE and Hoare Lea also prepare ready for next month's deadline
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NewsMCM masterplans green development in Moscow
The scheme will avoid 'eco-bling' but include high-grade insulation and a 'heat sink' lake
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Last-minute clearance for HIPs energy software
SAP programme sorted ahead of 6 April deadline for energy assessment for new housing
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Barking gas power station to convert to waste plant
Rambol Whitbybird to work on 'continental' style scheme to save 96,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.
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NewsGovernment grants eleventh-hour EPC reprieve
Six-month breathing space granted amid concern over shortage of assessors
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NewsThe Gus Report: Welly garden city
In the first of a series of reviews of important housing developments, Gus Alexander looks at English Partnerships’ remarkable scheme in Upton, Northamptonshire, which is built on a bit of a marsh …
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NewsNo place for dinosaurs
The Natural History Museum in London has signed up to a scheme encouraging the capital’s companies to make their buildings more environmentally friendly.
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Solar panel planning rules to change from April
Caroline Flint announces domestic solar panels will no longer need planning permission
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Part L enforcement 'shambolic' claims industry body
Leading M&E associations claiming that enforcement of regulations isn't happening, and raise fears over EPC enforcement. Building Control defends its record
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NewsDarling reveals 2019 zero-carbon timeline for non-domestic buildings
Budget announcement gets mixed response from industry. UKGBC says it is missing opportunities to improve existing stock
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NewsGovernment confirms EPC changes
Transitional period introduced which delays the need for a certificate until October for buildings on the market. Response to concerns over the number of assessor
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NewsMasdar HQ to generate its own power during construction
The Abu Dhabi scheme's 72,000 sq m roof to provide power during the build as well as shade for the worker
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UK gets its first degree in sustainable construction
Online BSc based in Highlands hopes to draw professionals from across UK
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NewsRenewable energy lessons from Austria
ESD and Crest Nicholson team up for Austrian energy to learn about renewable energy and passivhaus design
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The windmill makes a comeback on the Sussex coast
Seaford scheme include a 16-metre sail model windmill which will provide power for 15 homes. Developer vows to take on the Nimbies