All Sustainability articles – Page 81
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Brown pledges £1bn for growing businesses
Prime minister stresses importance of green economy as he announces plan to set up national investment corporation
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Video: Ministers commit to World Green ΢ÃÜȦ Day
To mark World Green ΢ÃÜȦ Day the UK Green ΢ÃÜȦ Council launched a campaign to promote carbon savings from buildings
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Ed Miliband defends construction of power stations
Climate secretary uses party conference speech to reaffirm commitment to nuclear power and reform of planning system
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US firm unveils low-energy brick
Calstar Products' bricks use up to 90% less energy to make and generate 85% less carbon dioxide
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Industry backs Mandelson's green industries review
Keith Clarke will chair government study of the business potential of low-carbon construction
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Most MPs unaware of zero-carbon housing target
Study reveals widespread ignorance of government's 2016 target
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World Green ΢ÃÜȦ Day highlights need for carbon savings
UK Green ΢ÃÜȦ Council launches campaign to persuade government to reduce emissions ahead of Copenhagen climate change talks
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John Healey: 'It's clear we have a big job on climate change'
Housing minister John Healey speaks to ΢ÃÜȦ on World Green ΢ÃÜȦ Day about the challenges of Copenhagen
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HLM submits plans for super-green Cornish school
Brannel school will aim to achieve a BREEAM "excellent" rating
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Ministers plan spending cuts
Chancellor holds series of cabinet meetings to identify which programmes to target
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Trailblazing UK Passivhaus set to hit only code level three
Research shows Denby Dale home would reach only level three of the Code for Sustainable Homes despite high fuel savings
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Part L changes could increase emissions
Planned changes include software glitches that penalise homes using recognised low-carbon technologies such as biomass boilers
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΢ÃÜȦ pathology: Air permeability
Reducing air leakage is a cost-effective way of improving a building’s energy efficiency and reducing bills.
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Mandelson launches construction industry review
Business secretary announces attempt, to be lead by Atkins' boss Keith Clarke, to assess whether sector is equipped for a low-carbon future
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UK to make world's biggest turbine blades
Energy secretary announces grants for companies to develop wind technology in a new facility in North-east of England
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Report praises UK construction's green achievements
But building industry must do still more to reach the goals of a sustainable construction strategy
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Durkan builds the UK's most sustainable school
Studio E's green design for Hackney's Berger primary gained the highest ever BREEAM 'excellent' for a UK school
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New government green adviser blames public for blocking energy measures
David MacKay says UK faces blackouts by 2016 if people continue to object to power generation facilities
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Taming the beast: Winchester’s 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 – and made into one of the UK’s greenest offices in the process
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Race car built from carrots to hit Brands Hatch
Part-vegetable sustainable racing car runs on chocolate and wine waste