All Sustainability articles – Page 140

  • News

    Weekend Green Review

    2008-01-14T13:54:00Z

    In our weekend review, the redoubtable broadsheet columnists grapple with the pending green fatigue by talking about the most practical thing they can think of: energy production.

  • News

    News-making tower

    2008-01-14T09:46:00Z

    The New York Times ΢ÃÜȦ in Manhattan, New York, is the best in clever and yet subtle architecture but its designers have bucked the trend and not tried for LEED accreditation, opting instead to build for user comfort. Does this bode well for skyscraper design in the 21st Century?

  • News

    CIBSE gets go-ahead for EPC accreditation push

    2008-01-14T06:11:00Z

    Institution one of the the first to launch a scheme to train energy assessors for rollout of certificates for commercial buildings this year

  • News

    Developers hit out at Merton Rule bill

    2008-01-11T12:58:00Z

    British Property Federation criticises proposals in a Tory MP’s private members’ bill claiming it would undermine its fight against climate change

  • News

    The Weekly Green Gauge

    2008-01-11T12:38:00Z

    Here's our weekly update of interesting green stuff we've stumbled upon on the web

  • The ground source heat pump is sized to meet 50% of the energy needs of Urban Splash’s Lake Shore House in Bristol
    Features

    Sustainability: Heat pumps

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Can the technology that powers the humble fridge contribute to reducing carbon emissions in a cost-effective way? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon looks at what heat pumps can, and cannot, offer a future development

  • News

    Sustainability means regulation

    2008-01-10T15:00:00Z

    The last year has seen a much sharper focus develop on just what sustainability means for construction, reckons Richard Francis. Now we can really start to tackle performance and measurement

  • News

    Scotland to be nuclear free

    2008-01-10T12:02:00Z

    "No new nuclear generators north of the border," says Scottish Government. Electricity Act 1989 gives Hollyrood powers to veto plants

  • Energy island
    News

    Cameron architect reveals green energy island plan

    2008-01-10T11:34:00Z

    Each island of photovoltaics and wind turbines would be manned by 25 workers living off vegetables from a farm and recycled water

  • News

    The business case for green buildings 2008

    2008-01-09T14:01:00Z

    Our US green columnist is typically upbeat about how sustainability developed in 2007 - and next year looks even better

  • News

    McDonough reveals "Tree Tower" concept

    2008-01-09T10:43:00Z

    US green architect to unveil new speculative 40-storey skyscraper at World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi later this month

  • News

    Consumers doubt construction's sustainable credentials

    2008-01-08T12:45:00Z

    BT report finds trust in industry green drive amongst general public is a third of the utilities sectors. Survey also reports mismatch between messaging and consumer beliefs

  • News

    Sustainability weekend review

    2008-01-07T11:20:00Z

    The weekend newspapers composted into a bite-sized read of environmental news and debate

  • News

    The existing stock blueprint

    2008-01-07T10:30:00Z

    The team behind an energy performance upgrade of six houses in Hampshire hope this can be the start of a much more ambitious and extensive effot to tackle inefficient existing housing stock

  • News

    The Weekly Green Gauge

    2008-01-04T14:21:00Z

    ΢ÃÜȦ Sustainability's new round-up of the best green content from around the world-wide-web, from projects to quotes and issues of the week

  • News

    Work to start on nuclear plant in China

    2008-01-04T11:01:00Z

    Third-generation nuclear plant will be the first in the world to use US approved technology

  • News

    EPCs could be a disaster waiting to happen, say experts

    2008-01-04T10:17:00Z

    The 2008 rollout might be dogged by lack of assessors and capricious software, leading to a freeze of a large part of the UK investment market

  • Power station
    News

    Coal-fired power station gets green light

    2008-01-03T14:56:00Z

    Kent council grants planning permit for controversial 'clean' coal-fired power station

  • eco
    News

    Telephone line launched to answer legal eco-questions

    2008-01-03T13:27:00Z

    NetRegs finds construction workers prefer telephone to internet advise

  • Features

    Global PV Production up 50%

    2008-01-03T10:57:00Z

    With solar energy usage on the increase globally, it's predicted a third of all new electricity production installed each year will be PV by 2015