All Sustainability articles – Page 159
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Planning to be scrapped for domestic renewables
Government proposes removing planning barriers to domestic wind turbines and PVs except in extreme circumstances
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Government sets 2008 deadline for energy certificates
Energy Performance Certificates will be required for all buldings constructed, sold or let from October 2008
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Willmott Dixon builds model for zero-carbon schools
BRE to showcase exemplar as Partnerships for Schools makes pledge to go green
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Stamp duty relief to apply to off-site energy sources
Treasury makes it clear developments will not be required to generate all their own power
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RICS demands action on efficiency of existing stock
Institute calls for VAT to be cut to 5% for the refurbishment of energy-inefficient buildings
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Cameron forced to remove wind turbine from home
Council forces Tory leader to act after structure is atttached to wrong side of chimney
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Livingstone offers Londoners £100 to cut CO2
The GLA and British Gas have launched a scheme offering £100 towards cavity and loft insulation
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Wood fuel action plan to power 250,000 homes
Target of an extra two million tonnes of wood fuel a year
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British Land to go carbon neutral by 2009
Sustainability drive will include solar panels, turbines and carbon-off setting
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Renewables grants slammed despite £6m budget boost
The 'shambolic' low carbon building programme is suspended by the DTI as renewable firms call for further increase in investment
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Construction too conservative to go green claims developer
Quintain boss Andrew Wyatt claims clients will drive environmental agenda and says construction is wary of experimenting
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Features
Just what is it like to live in an Ecohome?
Sustainable housebuilding is all well and good, but it means little without sustainability-minded houseowners to back it up. Lydia Stockdale visited three ecohomes to see how the residents have adapted to a greener lifestyle
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Budget not green enough says RIBA
President Jack Pringle praises increased funding on education and health but is disappointed by lack of eco initiatives
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Joint venture to provide 870 HIPs assessors
www.energy-assessors.com claims it can provide a third of the domestic energy assessments required by Home Information Packs
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Think 07 signs up Al Gore for keynote speech
Environment champion will apear via 'carbon free' satellite link
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Energy body launches building eco-guide
The guide explains the key steps to establishing an eco-community in London
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The green mile
The road to a sustainable future is long and hard, with tricky obstacles and high costs along the way. Here Tom Bloxham suggests how the government could lead by example
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Industry praises plan for carbon reduction law
CPA and RIBA welcome bill that would bind government to 60% emissions cuts by 2050