All Sustainability articles – Page 26
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Features
Ecobuild Retrofit and Refurbishment Zone highlights: Wednesday 5 March
Stephen Passmore of the Energy Saving Trust previews his talk
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Ecobuild Water, Waste and Materials Zone highlights: Wednesday 5 March
Peter Wilder of Wilder Associates previews his talk at Ecobuild
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Thames Barrier: The day after tomorrow
With much of the Thames Valley looking like something out of a disaster movie this winter, arguments are raging over whether the Thames Barrier can cope with the consequences of climate change - or whether it’s time to start thinking about building a new one
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Comment
Welcome to the future: Ecobuild week
Come and meet ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s Stars of Sustainability today at Ecobuild
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Ecobuild Design Zone highlights: Tuesday 4 March
Ecobuild speakers highlight design talks at Ecobuild today
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Ecobuild Retrofit and Refurbishment Zone highlights: Tuesday 4 March
Ecobuild speakers highlight retrofit and refurbishment talks at Ecobuild today
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Ecobuild Water, Waste and Materials Zone highlights: Tuesday 4 March
Water, Waste and Materials content zone highlights at Ecobuild
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News
Revealed: New-build flats at high risk of overheating
Ecobuild latest: Report by Good Homes Alliance shows danger to vulnerable residents in accommodation built after 2000
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Ecobuild products: Tour the stands
Manufacturers are being challenged to develop a range of products that meet the more stringent demands of today’s built environment. Happily, they seem to be more than up to it, as these companies, exhibiting at Ecobuild, demonstrate
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Custom build: Give us the tools
Once trumpeted as a way of raising housing output by as many as 50,000 homes a year, custom build was responsible for barely a fifth of that figure last year. So what’s the hold-up and can anything be done to reinvigorate the market?
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50 sustainability stars
In the expanding universe of sustainability, many stars shine out in the firmament. ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø celebrates the sector’s top 50 brightest talents
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Ecobuild 2014 programme: Into the zone
Here’s your visitors’ guide to the content zones and speakers at Ecobuild, along with some highlights of the talks to come
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Ecobuild 2014 preview: Now you’re talking…
The pressures on today’s environment are many and Ecobuild is the stimulating forum in which to explore, exchange and debate the possible solutions. Ike Ijeh picks out some of the key themes at this year’s event
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Sweden's New Karolinska Solna hospital
Sweden’s first ever PPP project is a £1.3bn hospital that is also Europe’s greenest
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Sustainability: Zero carbon costs
The cost to housebuilders of meeting the Zero Carbon Standard for new homes continues to fall. Here, Adam Mactavish of Sweett Group and Nicola O’Connor of Zero Carbon Hub present the key findings of the Zero Carbon Hub’s recent cost analysis of the proposed standard
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Comment
It pays to go zero carbon
A long-term approach to green policy can deliver radical benefits at reasonable cost
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A case for biodiversity offsetting?
Biodiversity offsetting is the government’s answer to the conundrum of how to speed up development while safeguarding the country’s woodland and other environmental habitats. The idea has come under fire from all sides - but also enjoyed some unexpected support
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Dropping targets for renewable energy is not the solution
Government claims that higher cost savings could be achieved if markets are left to their own devices could have risky results
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Green Deal: One year on
The Green Deal is one year old this week but the celebrations are, to put it mildly, subdued. We look back on a year of disappointments for the energy efficiency retrofit market
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Center Parcs: The place beyond the pines
Center Parcs’ £250m resort will cater for 4,000 visitors in a forest in the green belt just outside Milton Keynes. So how do you build a self-sufficient small town in the middle of a wood? And get permission to do it?