All Sustainability articles – Page 27
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News
No ECO work contracted in latest brokerage round
Government plans further moves to water down Energy Companies Obligation scheme
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Comment
The secret £2bn energy efficiency fund
Why is the chancellor not putting his £2bn of VAT receipts from energy bills to better use?
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Balfour Beatty to invest in £48m pioneering green energy plant
Contractor in consortium including the Green Investment Bank to invest in first plant of its kind in the UK
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Boris lobbies ministers to keep key carbon targets
London mayor wants special dispensation for capital to retain powers to set its own efficiency targets
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Features
Energy efficient products
Keep the ڶ Regulations people happy with our choice of the latest building products on the market, from energy efficient wall and loft insulation to low powered ventilation fans
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Features
PwC's London office: Highest BREEAM-rated building ever
When PwC decided to refurbish its unloved central London office, it thought it would be doing well to achieve a BREEAM “excellent” rating. Then it realised it could do rather better than that …
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Features
Top sustainable housebuilders: NextGeneration Initiative
The latest league table from the NextGeneration Initiative reveals mixed results for housebuilders on their sustainability targets this year
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News
Details of enhanced Green Deal incentives remain unclear
Lack of clarity over government announcement on improving flagship scheme aimed at offsetting ECO cuts
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HCA moved to suppress advice to replace green Code
Housing quango moved to have call for a replacement for the Code for Sustainable Homes cut from NextGeneration report
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ECO market stalls after government intervention
Existing Energy Companies Obligation projects being cancelled while new work is being delayed until after New Year
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Crossrail on track to hit carbon reduction target
Contractors on Crossrail are on target to reduce carbon emissions from the project by 8%, according to Crossrail’s annual sustainability report.
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Ministers 'to keep ECO but double timescales'
Green ڶ Council hits out at moves to ‘dilute’ scheme’s ambition, but reports suggests government may introduce greater incentives for Green Deal
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Mott MacDonald to require carbon cuts on all projects
Firm will only use subbies that meet its standards, calling carbon a “business-critical issue”
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Energy companies accused of halting ECO programmes
Energy conservation body’s claim, also backed by UKGBC, denied by the big six
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Industry leaders hit out at ‘box-ticking’ energy-audit scheme
Critics say “mad” government scheme risks duplicating existing programmes
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Features
WWF HQ: 'Stringent is an understatement'
At the World Wildlife Fund’s new HQ in Surrey, Willmott Dixon has taken sustainable construction to new levels of rigour, forensically tracking the carbon content of every single element, and even building an FSC-certified workshop on site. So has the result been worth it?
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Features
Fuel wars: Review of green charges
The prime minister surprised everyone last week when he announced his desire to ‘roll back’ green charges on energy bills. So where does this leave the government’s energy efficiency policies?
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'The Treasury still have a completely outdated view of sustainability'
How should the government kick-start its stuttering sustainability policy? ڶ, Ecobuild and the UKGBC held three roundtables at three party conferences - and three common themes emerged