All Sustainability articles – Page 34
-
News
BRE wins role on £4bn Chinese marina project
Consultant will provide sustainable building advice while client seeks further UK expertise
-
Features
Sustainable project of the year 2013
Among a truly impressive array of projects that have gone green in a myriad ways, Max Fordham and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ The Hive project in Worcester struck the judges with its holistic environmental approach
-
Features
House of straw
An affordable co-ownership scheme made of straw is proving highly energy efficient
-
News
Leeds set to bring £80m Green Deal programme to market
Leeds city region to go out to tender next month for Green Deal retrofit programme worth £80m over first three years
-
Comment
Overheating: It's getting hot in here …
Neil Jefferson, director of the NHBC and chief executive of the Zero Carbon Hub
-
News
Government puts £50m into Green Deal
Funding to back Green Deal Finance company comes as assessment rates soar after second full month of scheme
-
Features
Sustainability: European housing
Phil Birch of Sweett Group reviews recent research by the Energy Bill Revolution campaign to assess what it is going to take to turn the UK into the energy efficiency champion of Europe
-
News
Balfour Beatty misses carbon reduction target
Firm makes carbon savings in UK but is dragged down by increases in carbon from work overseas
-
Comment
Reality check
Rick Wheal, consultant at Arup, on why our approach to sustainable building has to change
-
Features
Whole-life carbon: Shopping centres
Our series on whole-life emissions for different building types continues with three 60-year scenarios for a shopping mall
-
Features
Community housing in Toxteth
It’s just 32 homes on a small plot in Toxteth, but Habitat for Humanity’s housing project is creating a community of volunteers, trainees and entrepreneurs and bringing hope to an area feeling the brunt of the housing crisis
-
News
Morgan Sindall appoints sustainability director
Graham Edgell will also have responsibility for procurement
-
News
Interserve pledges to halve carbon emissions by 2020
Contractor to increase use of recycled materials
-
News
RIBA slams ‘missed opportunity’ to boost green economy
Budget reaction: President Angela Brady criticises lack of Budget measures on sustainability
-
News
Government forced to pay £180k in solar legal costs
Government to pay legal costs of solar firms and campaign group following illegal cuts to solar subsidies
-
News
Osborne chases Hinkley deal for Budget
Government locked in ‘full-tilt’ talks with EDF in bid to announce new-build nuclear funding agreement on Wednesday
-
Comment
Tackling the energy performance challenge
Neil Jefferson, director of the NHBC and chief executive of the Zero Carbon Hub
-
News
CBI backs VAT cut for refurb
Business lobby joins calls for VAT cut as part of £2.2bn budget wishlist
-
News
Drax biomass project in line for £75m guarantee
£225m project to convert half of Drax coal-fired power station into biomass is set to be the next project to receive UK Guarantee