Sustainability News – Page 73
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NewsThe Barratt code level six house, a guide
Here's a guide to the Sustainable Small Building of the Year at the Building Sustainability Awards 2008. It looks conventional enough on the outside, but you’re staring at the first Code for Sustainable Homes level six home to be built by a volume housebuilder. Inside it’s an all-out radical.
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NewsBig names vie for Sustainability Awards
The shortlists for tonights’ awards feature the biggest names in the built environment
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NewsWSP wins work on £300m Network Rail scheme
Consultant will scrutinise environmental performance on rail link in central Scotland
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Waterman buoyed by international work
Overseas and public work gives stability to engineering and environmental consultant
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News‘Three Gardens’ affordable housing scheme in Suffolk
Architect Riches Hawley Mikhail’s design puts sustainability at the core
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Landfill tax exemption expire 30 November
Consultant Rider Levett Bucknall is offering specialist advice on Capital Allowances and Land Remediation Relief
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NewsWinning ways: the Halving Waste to Landfill initiative examined
Signing up to the Halving Waste to Landfill initiative gives construction companies and clients the chance to prove their green credentials and make efficiency savings. so how does it work? Karen Glaser reports
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NewsRIBA showcases Eco-Diversity
Exhibition includes leather made from fish skin and petrol from recycled cooking oil
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NewsBSI British Standards updates ISO 9001
Global established quality framework undergoes a rigorous review by industry
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Hambleside reports sharp carbon footprint reduction
Independent assessment finds building products maker drop its carbon use by 20% in 2007
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NewsA great new way of dishing the dirt
Landscaping You can’t expect accolades for building your sustainable homes on contaminated land. Chloe Stothart looks at what to do with topsoil that isn’t in tiptop condition
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NewsHome truths: Outside influences
Masterplanning high-density developments involves a delicate balancing act between effective land use and environmental sensitivity. David Ellis of PRP Architects maps out the best practice
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NewsMilton Keynes levies carbon offset tax on new homes
Council plans to raise £800,000 a year from scheme to fund insulation of existing homes
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Sustainable urban drainage
A sustainable urban drainage system, combining infiltration basins and a wetland pond constructed with Hydro’s Stormbloc, has been used to manage stormwater run-off for a 400-home development near Littlehampton.
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NewsRecycling bins
Ecochute from Jones of Oswestry is an on-street recycling system that provides segregated collection of recyclable litter
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UK may get first PassivHaus school
Sustainability consultant Inbuilt Consulting and Sir Robert McAlpine are to work on the UK’s first school based on the German low-energy PassivHaus standard.
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NewsRIBA launches competition to design own rooftop gardens
Successful designer will renew roof terraces at its Portland Place headquarters
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NewsWhat is the Carbon Reduction Commitment?
Industry unprepared for the next major sustainability legislation to greet the industry next year, according to consultancy WSP
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NewsWater targets in Code to be reviewed
Standards may be too stringent because of unrealistic assumptions made on water used by appliances
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NewsScottish Climate Challenge Fund gets results
Communities north of the border are being galvanised by £27.4m community funds.