All Sustainability articles – Page 12
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Fish fears hit Swansea tidal lagoon
Anglers’ campaign group uncovers ‘months’ of further hold-ups due to concerns over fisheries
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Features
Sustainability: Energy efficiency
We all know the benefits of energy efficiency in buildings, yet the amount of investment in carbon reduction is still well below the level needed to hit upcoming targets
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BRE launches first official business in China
UK sustainability standards organisation will help local Chinese towns and cities improve green credentials
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Cash-strapped Zero Carbon Hub to close
Hub will close tomorrow after core funders refused to put more money in
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Winter storms cause £250m of damage
Cumbria worst hit with £175m worth of damage to roads and bridges
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Willmott Dixon to switch to green energy
Contractor signs green energy supply deal as part of drive to halve its carbon emissions by 2020
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Bam Energy to offer clients free solar panel installation
New energy business will install panels for free and then sell electricity to client to meet the cost
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Features
Construction materials: Past our peak?
It turns out that the construction industry is using substantially less ‘stuff’ than it was 15 years ago. Is this a blip or a victory for resource-efficiency?
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Zero Carbon Hub faces closure after cash shortage
Future of hub has been in doubt since zero-carbon targets for 2019 were scrapped by George Osborne
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Putnam: 70% of projects could be prefab
Putnam urges firms to produce more buildings on production lines to save time and money
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Putnam: 'Nowhere near enough' firms going green
Ecobuild latest: Contractors and clients say culture is key to driving sustainability agenda
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Government 'outsources too many client skills'
Ecobuild latest: Construction mandarin pledges to make public sector ‘client of choice’
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BREEAM qualification launched at Ecobuild
Ecobuild latest: BRE and HOK launche BREEAM Associate qualification
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Morgan: HS2 panel should have launched earlier
Ecobuild latest: Sadie Morgan says an earlier launch would have had a greater impact
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Clients 'don't know their own green policies'
Ecobuild latest: Clients are still getting to grips with the green agenda, delegates told
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Comment
Sustainability: The vision thing
Real sustainability means a built environment that can sustain its current, and future, population
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Comment
What makes good housing?
When creating homes you have to put people first, then work on the buildings and spaces. Placemaking simply doesn’t work unless you start with a vision for the community
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Observer critic calls for major housing push
Ecobuild latest: Architecture critic Rowan Moore says HS2-style intervention is required
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Igloo eyes floating homes on the Thames
Ecobuild latest: Regeneration developer plans custom-built homes in east London