All Sustainability articles 鈥� Page 75
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FeaturesDistrict heating: The heart of the community
District heating could hold the key for greening the UK鈥檚 existing homes. So why, when the technology exists and is used throughout Europe, do we still rely on individual systems?
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NewsDurham eco-village to tap into geo-thermal energy
Newcastle University is pioneering system that will use renewable energy from granite rock 'hotspot'
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NewsLight-emitting 'wallpaper' could replace light bulbs
Energy-saving light bulbs could be redundant according to company developing organic light emitting diode technology
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NewsWhitbread plans its first eco-restaurant
Company to build timber-frame Beefeater restaurant in West Sussex, along with a low-carbon Premier Inn hotel
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NewsDevelopers picked for nine offshore wind power plants
Hochtief, Siemens and RES Group among those to sign government agreements to take proposals through planning
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NewsScottish wind farm expansion gets green light
Firms in Moray Firth and Firth of Forth gain permission for up to 1,000 new offshore turbines
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NewsBSRIA appointed to insulation and retrofit trial role
Energy Saving Trust project will monitor energy and record data on solid wall insulation and retrofit in 200 homes
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NewsGovernment launches boiler scrappage scheme
Householders to get 拢400 towards new energy-efficient boiler if old boiler G-rated or worse
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NewsScots set for 拢400m Highlands green power line
Ministers expected to approve 137-mile line to connect renewables to national grid despite 18,000 objections
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NewsNew hydroelectric power station planned for North-east
Construction to start this year on Northumbrian Water and RWE Npower Renewables 拢2.5m green power plant
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NewsGreen energy firm to appeal Oxfordshire planning decision
Viridor to contest council鈥檚 refusal to allow it to build 鈥榚nergy from waste鈥� facility in Ardley
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NewsPM to announce winners of 拢100bn offshore wind job
Gordon Brown is set to name the winning bidders this week to build nine offshore wind zones
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NewsBRE uncovers display energy certificate flaws
Survey reveals public building energy ratings are not good evidence of real improvements
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NewsLondon developments cut carbon by a third
New schemes are making energy savings of 35%, compared with 29% in 2006
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NewsVideo: Ecobuild鈥檚 response to Copenhagen
Ecobuild鈥檚 panel of construction big hitters debate the ramifications of Copenhagen
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NewsSarah Wigglesworth designs extra-green Christmas tree
Developer Igloo commissioned the tree made of recycled bicycle parts for a London public square
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NewsFyne Initiative achieves Scottish Passivhaus first
Developer first in region to gain full certification in the eco-standard for a new build property
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NewsMorrell plans to slash green waste in government
Construction adviser鈥檚 first task is to eliminate duplicated research and work overlap
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Whitbread plans eco hotel
Whitbread, the owner of the Premier Inn chain, has announced that it will green its entire stock of hotels and build a low carbon hotel
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Contractors face green tax crackdown
Contractors may have to pay millions of pounds in back tax after it emerged that HM Revenue & Customs is clamping down on projects thought exempt from the aggregates levy