All Sustainability articles – Page 84
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Ex-BP boss wants banks forced to invest in green power
Lord Browne tells Times newspaper that lack of credit is blocking achievement of clean energy targets
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Tellytubby land: BedZed revisited
Peabody’s BedZed was the housing scheme that first got everyone talking about zero-carbon living. But is it all that it was cracked up to be?
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Green light for John McAslan's £120m super-campus
Manchester Metropolitan University's Birley Fields campus will add £29m a year to local shops and services
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Part L: Stopping heat loss through the cavity
Part L will soon include heat loss through party cavity walls and new homes will need to be sealed properly
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Planning delays block switch to green energy, warns CBI
Uncertainty over planning policy is discouraging essential investment in low-carbon infrastructure, say employers
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Government U-turn on Part L provokes industry fury
Plan to force homeowners to include eco measures in home improvements dropped at last minute
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Part L: a comprehensive guide to the major changes
Exploring the implications of alternations proposed in the government’s consultation on energy use rules
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Government gives big boost to wind power
Restrictions dropped to encourage expansion in offshore wind farm construction
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Arup picked to lead low-carbon car scheme
Consortium wins two-year contract to accelerate development and testing of electrical vehicles in the West Midlands
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Sponsored webinar: Designing to the new Part L with Pilkington
Timely online seminar examines how the changes to the energy regs will affect building designs
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Belfast to rethink green power plant refusal
Doubt cast over council's decision not to sell land required for £1bn energy-from-waste plant
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Part L: 'Has the department been taken over by UKIP supporters?'
Navigating the confusing twists and turns of the Part L consultations
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Plans to improve existing stock dropped from Part L proposals
Plan to make energy efficiency improvements compulsory when extending homes has been scrapped
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Government: new homes and buildings must be 25% greener
Healey proposes changes to Part L of building regulations to improve energy efficiency after October 2010
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Video: Prince's handiwork revealed at his Passivhaus home
The Prince's Foundation is testing Passivhaus principles on its prototype Natural House at the BRE's Innovation Park
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Clean coal could boost economy by £4bn
Report claims UK's plan to develop carbon capture technology could create up to 60,000 jobs
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Green Register launches training for sustainable refurbishment
RIBA teams up with the Green Register to run workshops on effective and green housing refurbishment
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Renewable energy firm opens super-green HQ
£3m scheme boasts A-rated energy performance certificate and aims to be energy self-sufficient
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Only 19% of commercial properties for sale have EPCs
Accreditation body accuses sector of failing to adhere to energy performance regulations and calls for standardisation of requirements
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The Code for Sustainable Homes explained
New guidance from the NHBC foundation runs through 10 tips for climbing up the code rating system