All Sustainability articles – Page 64
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Features
Qatar's zero carbon stadium: 96 degrees in the shade
Qatar wants to host the 2022 World Cup. But first it has to convince FIFA that the game can even be played in a Qatari summer. So it got Arup Associates to create a micro-climate inside a 500-seat test stadium. Cool.
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Low-carbon homes underperform, says report
Research says housebuilders need to make fundamental changes to meet 2016 zero carbon target
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Green Deal needs both carrot and stick
Requirement for landlords to improve housing performance at the tenants request shows government is serious about on green policy
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Topping out of £7m conference centre
Consarc’s timber frame design will house incubator spaces for start-up companies working on environmental construction
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Greenpower Education Trust wins award
A centre aimed at nuturing sustainable engineering talents in young people has been recognised for its design quality
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Government announces details on green deal
Homeowners and businesses will be able to benefit from green retrofits by late 2012
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From a supermarket to low energy offices
Work starts on Bennetts Associates project to transform a supermarket to low-energy council offices
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Plans to streamline sustainable infrastructure projects
UK-GBC starts work on standardised framework for district heating systems and community infrastructure
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Green tax could drive cement firms out of UK
Green tax burdens are forcing manufacturers out of UK says think tank
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Planning approval for wind farms drops by half
Local opposition groups jeopardise government’s 2020 renewable target
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£6.1m project launched to investigate UK preparedness for extreme weather
Funding has been announced for research into the impact climate change could have on infrastructure
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Davis Langdon win Peterborough energy centre contract
QS appointed to oversee construction of recycling and energy centre
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Mott MacDonald launches cost and carbon tool
Consultant has developed online tool for assessing embodied carbon and project costs
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Green investment bank could be funded by nuclear sale
Government may raise cash for £1bn low carbon technology fund by selling stake in uranium company
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Features
Passivoffice: First UK office to reach Passivhaus standards
Powys council was worried by rises in gas prices, so it decided to make its Stag teaching facility the first office in Britain to reach Passivhaus standards. After horrendous design problems, the team spent 12 months collecting data on how it performed. And, as Thomas Lane reports, the figures came ...
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Government accused of green stealth tax
Changes to the Carbon Reduction Commitment energy efficiency scheme will cost businesses £3.5bn
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Exhibition launched for Sustainability Awards finalists
Over 100 people attended the launch of an exhbition to celebrate the work of our 2010 finalists
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Olympic Energy Centre opens
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø designed by John McAslan will help reduce the Olympic Park’s carbon emissions
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Belfast's New Library scoops RICS sustainability award
Queen’s University library was built with an open-plan approach and with materials that can be recycled after use