All Sustainability articles – Page 81
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HLM submits plans for super-green Cornish school
Brannel school will aim to achieve a BREEAM "excellent" rating
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Ministers plan spending cuts
Chancellor holds series of cabinet meetings to identify which programmes to target
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Trailblazing UK Passivhaus set to hit only code level three
Research shows Denby Dale home would reach only level three of the Code for Sustainable Homes despite high fuel savings
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Part L changes could increase emissions
Planned changes include software glitches that penalise homes using recognised low-carbon technologies such as biomass boilers
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Building pathology: Air permeability
Reducing air leakage is a cost-effective way of improving a building’s energy efficiency and reducing bills.
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Mandelson launches construction industry review
Business secretary announces attempt, to be lead by Atkins' boss Keith Clarke, to assess whether sector is equipped for a low-carbon future
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UK to make world's biggest turbine blades
Energy secretary announces grants for companies to develop wind technology in a new facility in North-east of England
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Report praises UK construction's green achievements
But building industry must do still more to reach the goals of a sustainable construction strategy
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Durkan builds the UK's most sustainable school
Studio E's green design for Hackney's Berger primary gained the highest ever BREEAM 'excellent' for a UK school
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New government green adviser blames public for blocking energy measures
David MacKay says UK faces blackouts by 2016 if people continue to object to power generation facilities
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Taming the beast: Winchester’s green office refurb
This is the story of how a sixties brutalist eyesore was turned into a building more becoming to the genteel town of Winchester – and made into one of the UK’s greenest offices in the process
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Race car built from carrots to hit Brands Hatch
Part-vegetable sustainable racing car runs on chocolate and wine waste
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Origami inspires BIG's Chinese sustainable skyscraper
Danish architect is working with Arup to create folded-skin facade for energy firm's new HQ
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Government consults industry over new Part J regulations
Latest consultation involves improved guidance on biofuels and airtightness in new buildings
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Climate change activists protest at Laing O'Rourke HQ
Group demonstrates against contractor's bid to build Britain's first coal-fired power plant in 30 years
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Aker to build Tees Valley biomass power station
Construction on Gaia Power biomass plant will take up to three years
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Bechtel lures Davis Langdon sustainability expert to Crossrail
Crossrail has poached a member of Davis Langdon’s sustainability team as preparatory work for the £16bn project intensifies
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Giant fly swats could suck up motorway fumes
Engineers call for manmade tree-like structures that absorb carbon emissions to lead fight against climate change
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Chief construction adviser could be in place by November
Official would chair board overseeing value for money in procurement and promote innovation and sustainability
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Government insists eco-towns work with locals
Developers of first wave of eco-towns told to have closer ties with existing communities