All Sustainability Design articles 鈥� Page 8
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NewsZed Factorty Brighton scheme receives planning permission
52 zero-carbon homes, designed with Alan Phillips Architects, given go ahead
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NewsMPs brand biodiversity offsetting scheme 'overly simplistic'
Environmental audit committee knocks government plans to offset developers damage to biodiversity
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CommentAre skyscrapers really the way forward?
They add drama to the city but are generally energy-intensive vanity projects
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NewsGrimshaw completes Korean ecology centre
Visitors鈥� centre is architect鈥檚 first project in Asia
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CommentWhy going green can save cash quicker than you think
Sustainability shouldn鈥檛 just be seen as about long-term paybacks for increased investment
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CommentBeyond the production line: what else the car industry has to teach us
Constructing the best buildings isn鈥檛 just about manufacturing efficiency - it鈥檚 about careful and detailed design
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CommentThe time for zero carbon is now
We have come a long way on sustainability, but the latest IPCC report demonstrates how much further we have to go - and how quickly we must get there
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NewsKey zero-carbon housing proposal may breach EU law
Government鈥檚 allowable solutions proposals may not be compatible with EU directive, warns CIBSE
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CommentArchitectural education ignores the challenge of our time
Too many architects assume their lack of energy performance knowledge will be 鈥榝ixed鈥� by others
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CommentWhy architects should specify timber
A decade of using the material has made me a complete convert
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CommentWhy China needs 'slow design'
The speed of architecture and construction in the country risks creating identikit cities
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NewsBam's Co-Op HQ wins top RICS award
Judges impressed with sustainable design of One Angel Square
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CommentLet鈥檚 agree on the data, then argue about what it means
If you鈥檝e not got hard facts on sustainability your argument about it, whatever it is, isn鈥檛 worth much
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CommentThis is not just any supermarket
How did M S鈥檚 team get their sustainable store in Cheshire Oaks to perform even better than intended?
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CommentGetting it right in Brazil
This housing scheme in S茫o Paulo demonstrates how sustainable, community-friendly development can be achieved
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CommentDitch the ARB
It鈥檚 not just that the Architects Registration Board is without purpose - it鈥檚 also a drag on innovation and change and threatens the very existence of the RIBA
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CommentThe government has lost the plot with allowable solutions
The proposed central fund in the allowable solutions consultation widens the gap between construction and energy markets
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NewsTransition to Part L 鈥榳ill hurt small builders鈥�
Industry leaders claim shift to tighter energy efficiency regulations will penalise smaller firms
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NewsCall for space labels for new homes
Housing Forum report says mandatory labelling would drive up standards without regulation
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CommentThey don鈥檛 know what they鈥檝e built
David Frise with the second in his series of articles charting his experience of buying a new build flat marketed as reaching Code for Sustainable Homes level three