All Sustainability articles – Page 75
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NewsWhitbread plans its first eco-restaurant
Company to build timber-frame Beefeater restaurant in West Sussex, along with a low-carbon Premier Inn hotel
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NewsDevelopers picked for nine offshore wind power plants
Hochtief, Siemens and RES Group among those to sign government agreements to take proposals through planning
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NewsScottish wind farm expansion gets green light
Firms in Moray Firth and Firth of Forth gain permission for up to 1,000 new offshore turbines
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NewsBSRIA appointed to insulation and retrofit trial role
Energy Saving Trust project will monitor energy and record data on solid wall insulation and retrofit in 200 homes
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NewsGovernment launches boiler scrappage scheme
Householders to get £400 towards new energy-efficient boiler if old boiler G-rated or worse
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NewsScots set for £400m Highlands green power line
Ministers expected to approve 137-mile line to connect renewables to national grid despite 18,000 objections
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NewsNew hydroelectric power station planned for North-east
Construction to start this year on Northumbrian Water and RWE Npower Renewables £2.5m green power plant
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NewsGreen energy firm to appeal Oxfordshire planning decision
Viridor to contest council’s refusal to allow it to build ‘energy from waste’ facility in Ardley
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NewsPM to announce winners of £100bn offshore wind job
Gordon Brown is set to name the winning bidders this week to build nine offshore wind zones
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NewsBRE uncovers display energy certificate flaws
Survey reveals public building energy ratings are not good evidence of real improvements
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NewsLondon developments cut carbon by a third
New schemes are making energy savings of 35%, compared with 29% in 2006
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NewsVideo: Ecobuild’s response to Copenhagen
Ecobuild’s panel of construction big hitters debate the ramifications of Copenhagen
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NewsSarah Wigglesworth designs extra-green Christmas tree
Developer Igloo commissioned the tree made of recycled bicycle parts for a London public square
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NewsFyne Initiative achieves Scottish Passivhaus first
Developer first in region to gain full certification in the eco-standard for a new build property
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NewsMorrell plans to slash green waste in government
Construction adviser’s first task is to eliminate duplicated research and work overlap
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Whitbread plans eco hotel
Whitbread, the owner of the Premier Inn chain, has announced that it will green its entire stock of hotels and build a low carbon hotel
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Contractors face green tax crackdown
Contractors may have to pay millions of pounds in back tax after it emerged that HM Revenue & Customs is clamping down on projects thought exempt from the aggregates levy
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NewsPFI contractors could be left to foot energy fines
Firms fear they face thousands of pounds of penalties for occupants’ bills under new legislation
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NewsCapital spending to halve in next four years
Public sector capital spending will fall by more than half in the next four years, the government’s pre-Budget report on Wednesday revealed
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NewsMore powerful photovoltaic system hits UK market
Solyndra system is claimed to produce 20% more electricity than other technology