All Sustainability articles – Page 91
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Foreign CO2 could be stored under North Sea
Plans to rent out underwater caverns in the North Sea to store foreign carbon emissions are being considered by the government
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Call for funding to help firms boost EPC ratings
Report recommends government guaranteed finance for refurbishments aimed at improving company buildings' rating to C
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BRE to launch performance assessment tool at Ecobuild
BREEAM In-Use measures energy efficiency in actual practice to help target improvements to existing stock
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Low-energy building system will launch at Ecobuild
Eco's ECO2H2OUSE claims speedier construction and ability to meet Passivhaus low-carbon housing standards
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BRE to launch new eco assessment tool
BREEAM In-Use has been developed to ensyure buildings run as efficiently as they have been designed to
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Five steps to a successful eco-assessment
Getting a good rating under sustainable building codes such as BREEAM needn't be a headache if you are foresighted and well organised
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Cost of pipes stymies green energy
District heating schemes in London are being cancelled because the cost of installing pre-insulated pipes has rocketed
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CPA blasts energy firms on insulation failure
CPA accuses government of failing to ensure implementation of drive to increase insulation
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Green Pages comes to housebuilders’ aid
Builders looking for green products will shortly be able to consult a sustainable version of the Yellow Pages
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Medieval architecture inspires zero-carbon home
Innovative energy-efficient home based on historic technique of arched overlapping thin clay bricks will star in TV's Grand Designs
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Green campaigners outed as energy wastrels
Boris Johnson, rock singer Chris Martin and LibDem energy spokesman Simon Hughes shamed by thermal imaging survey of their homes
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Household emissions to be cut 33% by 2020
UK Green Building Council welcomes government announcement of new target
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Contractors to cover costs of environmental makeovers
The government is considering allowing homeowners to carry out an environmental makeover of their homes that would be free at the point of delivery
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Carbon Challenge site mothballed
A 650-home flagship zero-carbon development on government land has been put on hold because of the worsening recession
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No biomass, no turbines, no solar panels. Is Passivhaus the way to zero carbon?
The German Passivhaus standard is winning admirers in the UK, many of whom argue that its simple approach to low-energy building is far more practical than the Code for Sustainable Homes
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Passivhaus: Cosy or costly?
Michael Willoughby questions whether a Frankfurt cottage industry will make it across the pond intact
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Can sustainability survive the recession?
Tell us what you think in the Building/Saint Gobain survey and you could win an iPod Touch
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Government to reveal green makeover for 7m homes
Plans to be revealed at launch of consultation on heat and energy efficiency
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Developer drops out of eco-town programme
O&H Properties to follows regional planning progress instead
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Renewable energy funding at risk
Renewable energy leaders warn that sector could be 'strangled at birth' by proposed closure of £50m micro-renewables fund