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FeaturesWayne Hemingway on eco-towns: Ready to rumble
The shortlist for England鈥檚 10 eco-towns is out but now the real contest begins. With the winners due to be announced by the end of the year we brought eco-town supporter Wayne Hemingway and eco-town protester Myles Pollock together to slug it out. Emily Wright referees. Portraits by Julian Anderson
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Abu Dhabi to launch green code
Abu Dhabi is set to release its own code for sustainable buildings in the next few months.
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Occupiers willing to meet costs for sustainable buildings
A 'new economy' of constrained resources could be on the way
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NewsThe Elephant's Churchyard
A new children's play area and park is first tranche of Elephant & Castle regeneration scheme
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NewsMistakes will be made in achieving zero carbon: Atkins chief
Constructive chaos is the likely result of adapting to zero-carbon targets, delegates told
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NewsShopping centres adopt BREEAM green standard
International Council of Shopping Centres partners with BRE Global for European sustainability standard
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NewsLandlords could claim eco-tax breaks for green initiatives
National Landlords Association urges private residential landlords to take advantage of Landlord鈥檚 Energy Saving Allowance
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NewsNew service filters out the green wash from the genuine
One Planet Products offers members a quick and easy way to find reliable green suppliers and eco-products
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NewsWe need consistent data on sustainability
Paul King argues that the sheer amount of eco-activities worldwide can end up holding us back by creating confusion
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NewsHeadteacher inspires green thinking at school level at Think 08
Richard Dunne speaks of greening schools and attracting young blood to eco-construction
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NewsDunster to drive Transition Town development
Eco architect to team up with 'post-oil' community to develop zero carbon housing and a factory for production of components for his RuralZED houses in Totnes
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NewsCIBSE, Arup and others 鈥楨ngineer the Future鈥� in Think 08 Seminars
From carbon calculators to avoiding the Apocalypse, it's slide rules for sustainabilty at the ExCel
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NewsEPC costs balloon to 10 times more than planned
Energy certificates will cost 拢1.5bn this year, rather than 拢148m, assessors warn
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FeaturesRob Hopkins: Eco Worrier
The era of cheap oil is over and our economic system is doomed, believes environmentalist Rob Hopkins. So is he gloomy? Not a bit of it. It鈥檚 such a tremendous opportunity.
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Office owners overestimate their buildings鈥� energy ratings
Two-thirds of office landlords believe their buildings will get higher energy performance ratings than those anticipated by experts.
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Merton Rule pioneer leaves council for architect鈥檚 firm
One of the inventors of the controversial Merton Rule has been poached from Merton council by a small planning and architecture firm.
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NewsTax rebate scheme backed at green Dragons' Den event
Green tariff proposal also backed by audience of sustainability professionals at Think and UK Green 微密圈 Council meeting. With video footage
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Online carbon calculator will help construction go green
Free tool helps calculate costs and benefits of carbon-saving techniques and technology
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NewsSolar power makes Lily Allen smile
Pop star uses solar-powered, sustainably built studio and supports renewable energy campaign
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NewsNew on-site measurement system launched in Merton
Scheme for private buildings involves attaching sensors to meters on turbines, solar PVs and other generators and outputting the information to a data logger