All Sustainability articles – Page 116
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NewsHIPs awareness spending outstrips EPC and DEC budget
Poor customer awareness is leaving industry feeling left in the lurch
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NewsCost of the code examined
Sustainability Now webinar offer detailed analysis on budgeting to hit different levels of the Code. Download presentations here or listen to the seminar again
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NewsThe industry’s green gurus, nos 11-40
Here’s a run-through of the sustainability figures that are considered leaders in their field
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Lack of standardisation holding back EU green buildings
New EU members sluggish in green technologies adoption
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NewsM&S's sustainable factory in Sri Lanka
Marks and Spencer supplier proves every building can be sustainable, including factories
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NewsReport provides guide to cost savings for reclaimed materials
WRAP guide will help construction firms save cash on re-use
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NewsThe top 5 American green buildings
The founder of green website Jetson Green picks his five best completed projects in America, from housing schemes to a hotel and an office
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The Green Gurus Top 40: How we judged it
A run through how we came up with our list of the most influential figures
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NewsBringing sustainability to the heart of the process
We take a look at how one construction company has brought sustainability to the very heart of how it does business
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NewsMcBains Cooper wins low-carbon technology award
Consultant awarded ACE Engineering Excellence Awards for largest operational geothermal heating and cooling system at Gloucestershire police HQ
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NewsEast of England re-use exchange seeks warehouse
Eastex, the east of England reclaimed materials exchange, is looking to invest £550,000 in a warehouse to complement its online operation.At the moment, the exchange relies on companies picking up reclaimed materials from those companies offloading or selling them, meaning the usefulness depends on the fortunate timing of supply and ...
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NewsSustainability Now conference draws 600 in first morning
Free virtual show launched today on Building's sustainability channel with presentations and interviews on range of green issues
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NewsTories turn on eco-towns as protestors march on parliament
As objectors from across England join forces to protest against eco-towns, Conservatives withdraw support for the new towns
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NewsSpain loses in (Green) Euro 2008
In an exclusive new study looking at environmental factors as diverse as pollution, car use and energy efficiency, the Danes soar ahead. And the like the football, the Continent leaves the UK in its wake
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NewsHouse of mud stars in Glastonbury line-up
The low impact FAB house will demonstrate sustainable building products such as mud render and straw bales
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NewsSwedish sustainable housing
Sweden has become something of a world laboratory for sustainable housing. So what can we learn from their experiments – apart from the fact that they’re light years ahead of ours?
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Project teams to help building users
An initiative that could cut energy use in new buildings by up to three times is being launched in the House of Commons on Monday.
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NewsBuilding Regs overhaul set to make homes flood resistant
Government-commissioned report into last year’s flooding calls for big change in housebuilding methods
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NewsFlint: Fewer than 10 eco-towns may be built
The government will not force through 10 eco-towns in the face of public opposition if proposed schemes do not make the grade, ministers have decided.