All Sustainability articles – Page 158
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Features
Fibre optic solar lighting
Swedish company Parans is introducing the Parans System to the UK. The system enables natural sunlight to be piped deep into buildings in thin, flexible fibre-optic cables. Unlike traditional sun pipes, which take up space and usually have to be installed during construction or disruptively later, the Parans System’s optical ...
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Innovative electrical production
EC Power has developed the XRGI, a micro combined heat and power (CHP) generator.
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District heating system
Heat exchanger specialist Alfa Laval has introduced a district heating substation to provide and regulate heating and hot water for single-family homes.
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Flat plate solar collector
Heating products maker Vaillant has added the Aurotherm VFK 900 to its solar heating range.
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What the code will cost
So now we have an idea of what the code for sustainable homes will require and when it will require it. what we didn’t know, until now, is what the damage to our wallets would be …
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Green offices: cheaper than you might think ...
A report commissioned by Building says a 2.5% increase in rents could make new-build offices 25% more energy efficient than the current version of Part L of the Building Regulations.
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Ecoterre earth brick
Ibstock Brick has launched the Ecoterre Earth, an unfired clay brick designed for use in internal party walls.
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QCs enter legal spat over bird protection areas
The government’s wildlife watchdog has called in top QCs to defend its moratorium on new housing across a large stretch of the Home Counties.
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Sanyo air conditioning
Sanyo Air Conditioners has launched an air-conditioning system partially powered by photovoltaic (PV) panels.
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Al Gore ready to take questions
Think 07 is providing an opportunity to put questions to Al Gore ahead of his speech at the sustainability conference on May 1
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20% of Olympic site now clear
Every building demolished is being photographed to enable designers to identify recyclable materials
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June date for UK's first top level sustainable house
Zero carbon home from Sheppard Robson, Arup and Kingspan features PVs, biomass and a 'wind catcher'
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Opening a can of worms
The unfortunate demise of the contents of his first wormery has caused Reverend Green to consider the value of this method of composting
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Training bodies insist there is no shortage of HIP assessors
There will be enough trained inspectors in place before introduction of HIPs in June, claim assessors
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Government risks green backlash, industry warns
‘Over-ambitious’ targets could lead housebuilders to turn their back on sustainability
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Comment
Apocalypse cow
The only way we can save humanity from climate change is if we all pull together. But that’s not likely if bankers keep insisting on aircon, hedge funds keep looking for profit and cows keep … doing what cows do
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ESD bought by carbon credits firm
Energy for Sustainable Development has been bought for £10m by AIM-listed Camco International
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Sustainability needs to be hipper says Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is expected to speak at the Conservative Party Conference, says green message must be "hip and sexy"
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Marks Barfield reveals vision of wind-powered London
Architect says London could meet half of energy needs by installing thousands of wind turbines alongside rivers and roads
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Prince Charles to appear live at Think
The sustainability and regeneration conference will feature a live link-up with Prince Charles speaking on climate change