All Sustainability articles – Page 114
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NewsTurner & Townsend wins green award for Yorkshire Water scheme
Consultant provided a standard method of assessment based on research into the company's carbon footprint
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Jones Lang LaSalle acquires ECD
Real estate firm buys Canadian firm ECD, the original developer of the Green Globes rating system
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NewsCarbon Trust guide helps reduce CO² in non-residential exisiting buildings
John Lewis Partnership uses new guide for best practice low-carbon refurbishment in its Oxford Street building
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NewsCSA cement uses less energy and produces less CO²
BRE research claims Manufacturing calcium sulfoaluminate cement performs better than Portland cement
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NewsBCIS guide supports life cycle costing standard
Guilde to help firms implement sustainability by knowing total investment cost at outset of project
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C-Plan helps local authorities reach green target
Software allows local authorities to assess and reduce the carbon impact of new developments
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NewsSmart meters: technology for housebuilders to monitor energy consumption
Housebuilders have been sluggish in picking up on new technology that allows suppliers and consumers to monitor energy consumption in the home. But studies show they have clear benefits
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Eco-towns under threat as more bidders withdraw
Two developers pull out of schemes and another two consider their options
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NewsWinning combinations – Housing Design Awards winners from the past 60 years
To commemorate its Diamond Jubilee, the Housing Design Awards revisited award-winning developments of the past 60 years, looking for those that, in particular, excelled as sustainable buildings. Martin Spring brings you the six winners. Photographs by Tim Crocker
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Green refurb rules could be worth £6.5bn to industry
FMB says legislation to improve energy efficiency of existing houses could be worth ‘billions a year’
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NewsPCM helps judge Ikea eco-design competition
Project manager awards Belfast Metropolitan College student for her drawer unit made of recycled Ikea packaging
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FeaturesRochester prison reuses materials for new road
Wates uses materials from demolished buildings to construct car park and on-site roads
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Green light for world's first 'eco-disco'
Islington council approves plans for nightclub with wind turbine, solar panels and waterless air-flush toilets
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NewsBanks Developments drops out of eco-town shortlist
Bidder leading proposed Curborough scheme says it will look into developing an alternative to the eco-town on the same site
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Eco-town developers bring in agency to bolster its green credentials
A high profile group of protestors threatens to scupper plans for a proposed eco-town near Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. But the developers are fighting back
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NewsChina set for additional 1,650MW of wind power
Bahrain investment bank set to create one of the biggest wind generation projects in the world
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NewsMasdar video fly-through
Experience the futuristic Foster and Partners-designed zero carbon Masdar city planned for Abu Dhabi
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Dutch coastal defences to be patched up
The remaining three weak spots in Dutch coastal defences are to be patched up, in a series of deals aimed at providing long-term safety for the famously flat landscape.The weak spots are the final three of 10 that were discovered during a wide-ranging investigation in 2003.Arcadis, the parent of UK ...
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Listen to audio from the Think08 conference
Please use the below audio player to listen to the different keynotes and seminars from the Think08 conference about sustainability in the built environment
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