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FeaturesImagine the world in 2020: climate change
The year鈥檚 2020, and, having left 黑洞社区 for reasons far too shocking to go into here, former assistant editor Thomas Lane talks us through a day in his life as an engineer in a world that鈥檚 slowly coming to terms with climate change 鈥�
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FeaturesZaha's Museum of Transport: The battle of the oil can
Zaha Hadid鈥檚 Museum of Transport in Glasgow was designed with gothic zinc-clad ridges and 100m-plus roof spans. They looked great on a computer screen, but led to memorable rows with the project team
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NewsEnergy standards for homes to fall short of Passivhaus
Proposed overhaul of Code for Sustainable Homes would set higher energy limit than German method
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FeaturesStatus updated: Facebook鈥檚 California HQ
This former laboratory in Palo Alto, California has been transformed into Facebook鈥檚 new corporate HQ
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FeaturesRopemaker or Watermark Place: The big square off
Two big hitters have emerged on the streets of the City: Ropemaker in the red corner (above left), Watermark Place in the blue (above right). But which will take the sustainability title and be crowned ultimate speculative office champ?
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A good day for gloom-mongers
We live in confusing times. On one hand, we鈥檝e had a week of posturing by the Tories and Labour as each tries to outdo the other on the prickliness of the hair shirts they鈥檒l be forcing Whitehall in particular, and the public sector in general, to wearOn the other, there ...
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CommentA good day for gloom-mongers
We live in confusing times. On one hand, we鈥檝e had a week of posturing by the Tories and Labour as each tries to outdo the other on the prickliness of the hair shirts they鈥檒l be forcing Whitehall in particular, and the public sector in general, to wear
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In with the old
Reusing existing buildings is set to be the next big thing because it is greener and cheaper than new build. Hampshire council's refurbished headquarters has kicked off this trend; a gas guzzling sixties eyesore has been transformed into one of the UK鈥檚 most energy efficient offices. It pioneers a way ...
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NewsEU complaint delays water regs by six months
The implementation of water-saving regulations has been delayed for six months after a last-minute EU intervention
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FeaturesMedia City, Salford: This is the BBC
Developer Peel Holdings and Bovis Lend Lease enjoy a high level of trust 鈥� which is just as well, because when they took on the Beeb鈥檚 new studios at MediaCity in Salford, there was a fair degree of risk involved 鈥� and getting the project in before the pips was ...
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FeaturesTaming the beast: Winchester鈥檚 green office refurb
This is the story of how a sixties brutalist eyesore was turned into a building more becoming to the genteel town of Winchester 鈥� and made into one of the UK鈥檚 greenest offices in the process
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CommentAnyone for a free lunch?
Do clients want to dump frameworks so they can sit back and watch contractors desperate for work fight it out like dogs?
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FeaturesUttlesford: the council trialling consequential improvements
L is for 鈥� The government has twice shied away from including consequential improvements in reforms to Part L. Now one small council in Essex has shown that not only can it be done, but it can even be popular. In the second in our series on the Part L ...
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The government's greenprint
Or, at least that was the case until last week, when it published its carbon transition plan: practical proposals to make just about everything more energy-efficient. The aim is to reduce carbon emission in 2020 to 34% of their level in 1990.The plan should be broadly welcomed, largely because it ...
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CommentThe government's greenprint
The government has spent far too long cooking up ever more ambitious carbon targets without doing anything much to meet them
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NewsPrince and council cut social homes deal
The plan for a Prince of Wales-approved eco-settlement in Devon looks set to have its affordable housing element cut to get it off the ground
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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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FeaturesTellytubby land: BedZed revisited
Peabody鈥檚 BedZed was the housing scheme that first got everyone talking about zero-carbon living. But is it all that it was cracked up to be?聽
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NewsGovernment U-turn on Part L provokes industry fury
Plan to force homeowners to include eco measures in home improvements dropped at last minute
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint... for Ryder
Tonight鈥檚 jaunt happens to coincide with London鈥檚 tube strike, so just getting to the venue presents a challenge