All Sustainability articles – Page 149
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NewsZero-carbon homes shock as national grid energy barred
Government says off-site sources ‘not eligible unless directly connected to the development’
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NewsNew software released to measure embodied energy
Edinburgh consultant develops tools for carbon measurement which has already been used by contractor Willmott Dixon
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NewsSustainable office on a shoestring
Web exclusive: Here’s a new office in Manchester that’s making sustainable virtues out of a tight budget. Will Jones reports on the planned Hive building for developer Argent
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NewsLend Lease boss urges industry to measure its footprint
Labbad stresses the need for companies to report their environmental performance as his firm reveals its own carbon impact
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NewsNottingham students build eco home
Midlands university students create C60 house with super insultation and efficient ventilation
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NewsGalliford Try picked for major carbon neutral scheme
English Partnerships selects housebuilder and Affinity Sutton Group as preferred bidder on regeneration project
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NewsIndustry backs waste recycling regulations
Government report finds 75% support measures to tackle illegal waste disposal
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NewsGovernment responds to zero carbon home definition confusion
DCLG issues detailed guidance on zero carbon as part of Code for Sustainable Homes programme
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NewsSevern Barrage given cautious backing
Sustainable Development Commission report finds that tidal scheme could generate 4.4% of Uk electricity supply
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NewsEco-education
The Genesis Centre in Taunton, Somerset, has a messianic mission to spread the word on sustainable materials and techniques.
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NewsHoare Lea appoints Bateson new partner
Consulting engineer promotes head of sustainable group Ashley Bateson, who is working on the energy strategy for the new East Terminal at Heathrow
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New housing to fund energy improvements to old stock
Housing minister to use Thames Gateway profit to make existing housing more efficient
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NewsWork starts on UK's first carbon negative project
The greenhouse project will regenerate Beeston in Leeds as well as providing sustainable features such as wind turbines, solar thermal and super insultation
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NewsHousebuilders ‘will hit zero carbon target’, says HBF
Federation boss Baseley denies claim that private sector is not working to 2016 deadline
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NewsEco-town winners to be announced by March
Sustainability consultants claim six-month timetable for choosing winning bidders for Gordon Brown’s 10 new towns is unrealistic
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New housing to fund energy improvements to old stock
Housing minister to use Thames Gateway profit to make existing housing more efficient
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NewsHousebuilders ‘will hit zero carbon target’, says HBF
Federation boss Baseley denies claim that private sector is not working to 2016 deadline
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NewsBeyond the zero
Work has begun on the UK’s first carbon negative development in Beeston, Leeds.
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CommentWe need another national grid
Britain has been battered by floods and parched by droughts in recent summers. But if we had a national water grid, we could cope with both, argues David Lush
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NewsEco-town winners to be announced by March
Sustainability consultants claim six-month timetable for choosing winning bidders for Gordon Brown’s 10 new towns is unrealistic