All Sustainability articles – Page 139
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NewsThe Weekly Green Gauge
Plum Picks from around the green websites that matter and the Eco-blogosphere
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CommentDo the right thing
Pursuing the bottom line at any cost is a quick route to extinction in today’s business world. It’s time we all embraced the new era of corporate responsibility, says Richard Steer
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FeaturesThe path to power
News analysis: The government has willed the creation of the first nuclear reactors since 1995, but to get them it needs to erect a new planning system, overcome opposition from a host of enemies – some within the construction industry – and work out a way to store toxic waste ...
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FeaturesThe secret life of buildings
We hear an awful lot about architects’ splendid low-energy designs, but information about how they actually work when built is rarer than hens’ teeth. So we should all be grateful to Simons, which not only built itself a green office, but collected a year’s data on how it functioned. ...
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Eco-town bidders must notify councils or face disqualification
Prospective eco-town developers have been told they must notify relevant councils about their proposals if they want to win a place on one of the government’s 10 preferred sites.
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Aylesbury Vale eco-town could fund Oxford rail link
Planned Buckinghamshire development could contribute £15m to £150m East-West railway
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NewsEco-building disguised as a hedge
Architect and interior design firm's design for a business HQ boasts 100% renewable energy
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EPC software training sessions launched
Integrated Environmental Solutions to start sessions late this month. Top-up training for CIBSE Low Carbon Consultants will also be offered
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Shed developer ProLogis makes sustainability pledge
American distribution centre maker commits to design to LEEd standards in the US
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NewsFloods hit UK homes
Environment Agency issues flood warnings, with Northern England, Wales and Midlands most at risk
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NewsNew Liverpool £10m school to create 'village' feel
Special needs school will feature sustainable feature including solar water heating, passive ventilation and automated windows
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NewsOnly 9% of government buildings meet eco-standards
Government is a long way off from meeting its own targets for sustainable buildings says Commons committee
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Weekend Green Review
In our weekend review, the redoubtable broadsheet columnists grapple with the pending green fatigue by talking about the most practical thing they can think of: energy production.
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NewsNews-making tower
The New York Times Building in Manhattan, New York, is the best in clever and yet subtle architecture but its designers have bucked the trend and not tried for LEED accreditation, opting instead to build for user comfort. Does this bode well for skyscraper design in the 21st Century?
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NewsCIBSE gets go-ahead for EPC accreditation push
Institution one of the the first to launch a scheme to train energy assessors for rollout of certificates for commercial buildings this year
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NewsDevelopers hit out at Merton Rule bill
British Property Federation criticises proposals in a Tory MP’s private members’ bill claiming it would undermine its fight against climate change
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The Weekly Green Gauge
Here's our weekly update of interesting green stuff we've stumbled upon on the web
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FeaturesSustainability: Heat pumps
Can the technology that powers the humble fridge contribute to reducing carbon emissions in a cost-effective way? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon looks at what heat pumps can, and cannot, offer a future development
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NewsSustainability means regulation
The last year has seen a much sharper focus develop on just what sustainability means for construction, reckons Richard Francis. Now we can really start to tackle performance and measurement
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Scotland to be nuclear free
"No new nuclear generators north of the border," says Scottish Government. Electricity Act 1989 gives Hollyrood powers to veto plants