All Sustainability articles – Page 138
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NewsCouncil House 2, Melbourne: Australia’s greenest office building
Council House 2, an administrative building for the City of Melbourne, is the first in the country to achieve the highest possible rating of six stars in Australia’s Green Star environmental accreditation. It is now influencing a new era of office design
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NewsKey EPC document released
Government publishes practical guide to the implementation of Energy Performance Certificates in 2008
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Green lease guide launch
Consultant WSP calls for an industry-wide green lease code for landlords and tenants
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NewsStraw bale building takes shape - images
Bristol media centre scheme believed to be Europe's first to use innovative straw bale cladding system which is carbon positive
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NewsFirst major Green Star project in South Australia
Situated in Mount Gambier, South Australia, ForestrySA is the first local government building to achieve a 5 Green Star Certification in the region
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Weekend Review 25-27 January
A snapshot of environmental coverage over the weekend, covering wind, MBAs and building out of straw
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NewsWeekly Green Gauge
Our very own bellweather of environmental news, debates and latest intriguing and interesting blog activity
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NewsIs this the end of south-facing glazing?
Mark Brinkley discusses what’s more important when designing new housing; winter warming or summer cooling
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FeaturesEco-friendly flooring: Down to earth
What you see before you is not a luscious field but an eco-friendly carpet. And judging by the way the industry is heading, very soon all your flooring could be as green as grass.
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Green code ‘raises carbon’
Developers highlight electric heating loophole in Code for Sustainable Homes
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16% carbon cut demanded
The European commission has sanctioned a 16% cut in carbon dioxide emissions from UK buildings by 2020.
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Olympic Park clean-up exceeds green target, says ODA
Olympic Delivery Authority claims it is beating its target to reclaim 90% of demolition material on site
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NewsPaul King to chair Think conference
UK Green Building Council chief executive promises "radical thinking on sustainability" at May event
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Housing body offers sustainable best practice
National Housing Federation's Building Greener Homes report shows private homebuilders how to get to level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes and beyond
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NewsMomentum builds behind Severn tidal barrage
Government launches feasibility study for £14bn tidal barrage in Severn Estuary
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NewsNewbiggin maritime Centre will use solar panels and biomass boilers
Mosedale Gillatt Architects wins bid as part of Northumberland regeneration works
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NewsArup joins consortium to develop funding model for eco-cities
Engineer partners with HSBC and Shanghai Industrial Investment to develp Dongtan Institute for Sustainability
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NewsHTA reveals details of Bristol eco-village
Hanham Hall project led by housebuilder Barratt includes CHP plant, prefabrication and living spaces that face south.The site will also include a sustainable living centre
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Weekend Review
China dominated sustainable coverage this weekend. The country is reported to have become a big investor in Spain's solar energy industry. How is it that the country soon to be the world's largest carbon emitter is rapidly becoming some kind of screwed-up poster child for marvellous climate change awareness? Gordon ...
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NewsBrown hails eco-partnership with China
Prime minister calls on two countries to lead the way for eco-towns