All Sustainability articles – Page 34
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Comment
Overheating: It's getting hot in here …
Neil Jefferson, director of the NHBC and chief executive of the Zero Carbon Hub
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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
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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
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Balfour Beatty misses carbon reduction target
Firm makes carbon savings in UK but is dragged down by increases in carbon from work overseas
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Comment
Reality check
Rick Wheal, consultant at Arup, on why our approach to sustainable building has to change
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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
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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
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Morgan Sindall appoints sustainability director
Graham Edgell will also have responsibility for procurement
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Interserve pledges to halve carbon emissions by 2020
Contractor to increase use of recycled materials
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RIBA slams ‘missed opportunity’ to boost green economy
Budget reaction: President Angela Brady criticises lack of Budget measures on sustainability
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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
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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
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Comment
Tackling the energy performance challenge
Neil Jefferson, director of the NHBC and chief executive of the Zero Carbon Hub
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News
CBI backs VAT cut for refurb
Business lobby joins calls for VAT cut as part of £2.2bn budget wishlist
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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
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Comment
The tide is turning
The nuclear new build programme is in trouble and the UK is in desperate need of clean and secure energy. So, says Julia Barfield, it’s time we pushed ahead with the Severn Barrage
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Heathrow T2 goes green
Client tells Ecobuild of collaboration with BRE on UK’s first BREEAM-rated airport terminal
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Comment
Cutting carbon: The long and winding road
At Ecobuild this week, the Green Construction Board launched a routemap on how the government can meet the 2050 carbon reduction target. Fasten your seat belts …
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Minister stalls on zero carbon assurance
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø regulations minister Don Foster refuses to allay industry fears that the government is backing away from zero carbon commitment