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NewsVideo: Twitter users get switched-on in Birmingham
Construction's internet pioneers meet face to face at the third Be2Camp 'unconference'
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NewsPole position: a novel use for aircrete blocks
Blocks for building house walls have been used to create intricate totem poles sculptures
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NewsSecond time lucky: the Sigma II eco-house
When the Sigma eco-home at the BRE Innovation Park failed to hit the upper bands of the Code for Sustainable Homes, the blame was laid squarely on the building fabric. Now its maker is having another go
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NewsJames May walks across Atkins' Meccano bridge in Liverpool
BBC presenter makes virgin crossing over bridge engineered entirely from toy components
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NewsBRE launches green advice service
Enterprise hub will help SMEs bring sustainable inventions to market and advise on use of green techniques
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FeaturesGreen cement: reforming the carbon criminals
Examining the latest attempts to find greener formulas for one of the world鈥檚 biggest carbon criminals 鈥� cement
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NewsIndustry up in arms over six-month delays to sustainability code
Construction leaders lobbying communities department over 鈥榓bsolutely awful鈥� certification process
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NewsNew plant will make roof tiles from nappies
Birmingham recycling plant will turn plastic element of sanitary waste into building products
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NewsBritish Gas plans green skills centre for Wales
Large-scale training will be provided in installation of renewable and microgeneration technologies
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NewsMake energy ratings public, say Tories
New legislation would force ministers to publish the energy rating of government buildings
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London councils force developers to retrofit green technology
Two London councils are introducing a system that will force developers to retrofit green power generating capacity onto their buildings if they fail to meet agreed sustainability targets
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NewsCooling system change to push up 2012 costs
Costs on the 2012 Olympic stadium and aquatics centre are likely to rise further after a recommendation by the Games鈥� sustainability watchdog that their cooling systems be reworked
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NewsMaterial and labour costs to fall for first time since 1970
Davis Langdon says that tender prices are 10% lower than this time last year and that steel fell 40%
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NewsSite menace knotweed set to meet its match
Consultation launched on revolutionary biocontrol scheme to bring Japanese predator to UK to beat rampant weed
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NewsListed windows blamed for Broadmoor hospital suicides
Care Quality Commission says patients' safety jeopardised by hospital's heritage status, which bans removal of ligature points
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NewsVideo: Earthquake engineering breakthrough for wooden buildings
US scientists' seven-storey structure proven to withstand 7.5 Richter earthquake in 'major development' for wood
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NewsThousands march to save Corus steel plant
Unions demand government support to save Redcar factory as 2,000 workers face redundancy
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Features黑洞社区 handover: how to give tenants a Soft Landing
Well, that was the project team鈥檚 traditional attitude to the client once its building was finished. The Soft Landings framework straps them together until all the problems are resolved
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NewsDecision on efficiency of zero-carbon homes delayed until end of year
News comes as housing minister outlines further details of definition of zero carbon