All Sustainability articles – Page 78
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NewsParsons Brinckerhoff: Wind power 'too unreliable'
Research carried out by engineer forecasts that UK energy generating capacity will fall by half to 40GW by 2023
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NewsStudy reveals high cost of building brick zero-carbon homes
Two houses built to code level four and six out of traditional material prove to be much more expensive than previous estimates
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NewsKevin McCloud unveils protoype straw house
House with prefab panels infilled with straw bales could help UK meet its carbon reduction targets if used widely in housebuilding
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NewsNewcastle ranked UK's most sustainable city
Bristol and Brighton score highly but Hull is ranked least sustainable of UK's 20 largest cities according to survey
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NewsVolkerFitzpatrick bags £23m eco-office job
Staffordshire offices are aiming for BREEAM Excellent rating through features including biomass boilers
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NewsPlanning to be relaxed for micro-renewables
Housing and planning minister proposes changing rules to encourage property owners to install low-carbon options such as wind turbines
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NewsPublic backs community-based green utilities
Research shows strong support for sustainable infrastructure including community heating systems and filtered rainwater for toilets
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FeaturesA world awaits us: The Copenhagen conference building boom
A deal on carbon reduction targets in next month’s Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen could create a boom for UK consultants working overseas
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FeaturesImagine the world in 2020: climate change
The year’s 2020, and, having left Building for reasons far too shocking to go into here, former assistant editor Thomas Lane talks us through a day in his life as an engineer in a world that’s slowly coming to terms with climate change …
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Banks announce £1.4bn in loans for wind farms
On-shore wind power received a boost on Tuesday as a consortium of banking institutions announced a £1.4bn funding injection
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Two schools planned for carbon-negative London park
The relocated schools will overlook the Parkland Walk in north London
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NewsSustainability Now: Copenhagen and beyond
Sign up now for the biggest virtual green event in construction from 8-9 December
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NewsEllen Macarthur to appear at sustainability conference
Industry’s annual sustainability conference, Making Sustainable Development Happen, has announced a star line-up of speakers
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NewsLoans worth £1.4bn offered to build onshore windfarms
European Investment Bank will provide £700m of loans, with other UK-based banks financing the remainder
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NewsJust 10 days to nominate your green guru
The deadline is looming for nominations for the title of Building's green guru 2009
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NewsBoris offers residents free 'carbon makeovers'
Mayor says 10,000 homes could benefit from £9.5m cash for energy saving measures such as loft and cavity wall insulation
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NewsGovernment names 10 nuclear sites
Sizewell in Suffolk among the sites nominated for nuclear development in draft documents
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NewsGreen light for UK's first zero-landfill energy park
Energy minister wants cutting-edge combination of recycling centre and biomass power plant at Peterborough to be first of many
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NewsHospitals face 'huge penalties' under carbon scheme
Carbon Reduction Commitment could heavily penalise public bodies that have little scope for further energy savings
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NewsBuilding and NES launch commercial EPC index
Initiative aims to tackle problem that 75% of commercial builds are illegally marketed without an EPC