All Technical articles – Page 27
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NewsNew entrance lifted into place at Stratford station for 2012
Crane used to position 36m-long, fully glazed bridge that will ease access to Olympic park
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NewsFalling demand forces job cuts at British Gypsum
Materials producer says economic downturn means it must scale down production
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NewsEU law changes threaten Kingsnorth coal plant
Amendments to EU pollution directive could halt construction of new UK coal plant and close many more
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NewsCost of solar power could fall 40% by 2015
Technological advances are driving down photovoltaic panel prices by as much as 10% each year
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NewsR&D centre announced for carbon-neutral city
Masdar joins forces with GE to fund a new centre to develop and showcase green technologies in zero-waste Masdar City
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NewsWhy renewables dominated World Future Energy Summit
Checking out the latest technology in renewable power at the World Future Energy Summit
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NewsFirst carbon-negative residential development breaks ground
National Grid to take excess power from 172 homes
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NewsSteel prices set to slump in Gulf
High stockpiles are predicted to compound the effects of declining construction activity
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FeaturesEco-terraces: Urban jungle
Eco-terraces are the next big thing in rooftop developments – but, says Stephen Kennett, it pays to have green fingers. Where’s Alan Titchmarsh when you need him?
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FeaturesSheep vs grass: The best and the worst eco-ideas
With all great movements come fresh ways of thinking – some good, some, frankly, not so good. Roxane McMeeken asked five sustainability experts to name their favourite green ideas and those that they would send straight to the recycling plant
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Plastic lobby wins row over wooden windows advert
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint that an advert for wooden windows misleadingly implied that plastic windows were more environmentally damaging
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NewsListed Yorkshire church moves home – again
Grade II wooden church is relocated for the second time in a century
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NewsRevolutionary breathable insulation system gets £1m funding boost
Energyflo's developer is given £948,000 to help bring air-permeable dynamic insulation module to market
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NewsTravis Perkins forecasts 25% drop in sales
Builders' merchant and owner of Wickes warns of one-quarter fall in sales volume by April
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NewsTesco's first eco-store has cardboard signs
Store has a carbon footprint 70% smaller than 2006 shop
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NewsMore jobs go at JCB as orders plunge
Plant contractor blames lack of available credit among customers
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NewsConstruction ouput at 30-year low
Overall output will not increase until the second half of 2010 predicts Construction Products Association
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Satellites to help China rebuild after Sichuan quake
An international group of engineers is working on a plan to use satellite images to measure the damage to buildings caused by the earthquake in China last May
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Panceltica bosses sell 53% stake ahead of £40m loss
Structural steel specialist Panceltica has insisted it is “business as usual” despite a profit warning last month that prompted a major reshuffle of its shareholders