All Sustainability articles 鈥� Page 93
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NewsCost of solar power could fall 40% by 2015
Technological advances are driving down photovoltaic panel prices by as much as 10% each year
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NewsR&D centre announced for carbon-neutral city
Masdar joins forces with GE to fund a new centre to develop and showcase green technologies in zero-waste Masdar City
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NewsUAE commits to 7% green energy
Leading oil-producing nation pledges to meet new renewable power target by 2020
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NewsWhy renewables dominated World Future Energy Summit
Checking out the latest technology in renewable power at the World Future Energy Summit
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NewsFirst carbon-negative residential development breaks ground
National Grid to take excess power from 172 homes
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NewsDownturn will hit green gains in housing
Recession is already leading to reduced demand for sustainability in housing, reveals survey
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NewsConservatives propose 拢6,500 eco-grants for homeowners
Tory 'green' paper includes 拢1bn investment in national grid to enable homeowners to sell energy from domestic renewables
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CommentGreen Tape: Sustainability regulation
To keep up with environmental regulations, contractors must build sustainability into their contracts
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Government moots SAP levy
The government is considering introducing a levy on domestic Energy Performance Certificates to pay for the expansion of the system used to assess the energy efficiency of houses
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FeaturesGreenpeace's John Sauven: can we be friends?
John Sauven, Greenpeace鈥檚 executive director is a suave, pragmatic, political insider. Which means he鈥檒l be happy to work with the industry on plans for more runways and reactors, right? Er, not exactly鈥�
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FeaturesEco-terraces: Urban jungle
Eco-terraces are the next big thing in rooftop developments 鈥� but, says Stephen Kennett, it pays to have green fingers. Where鈥檚 Alan Titchmarsh when you need him?
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FeaturesPaul King: The carbon crunch
It鈥檚 a global crisis, and it鈥檚 getting grimmer by the day, but this one we might actually be able to do something about鈥� Paul King explains why sustainability is still the biggest issue of 2009
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FeaturesSheep vs grass: The best and the worst eco-ideas
With all great movements come fresh ways of thinking 鈥� some good, some, frankly, not so good. Roxane McMeeken asked five sustainability experts to name their favourite green ideas and those that they would send straight to the recycling plant
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NewsDevelopers fear becoming green energy suppliers
Survey reveals that a third of firms expect to become responsible for renewable energy generation
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FeaturesBig ambitions: Defra's Alnwick HQ
When designers began working on Defra鈥檚 offices in Alnwick, they thought a BREEAM 鈥榚xcellent鈥� rating an exciting enough challenge. But then BRE went and introduced 鈥榦utstanding鈥欌��
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Plastic lobby wins row over wooden windows advert
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint that an advert for wooden windows misleadingly implied that plastic windows were more environmentally damaging
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NewsRevolutionary breathable insulation system gets 拢1m funding boost
Energyflo's developer is given 拢948,000 to help bring air-permeable dynamic insulation module to market
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NewsGovernment 'acted too slowly' on landfill waste
NAO warns that slow reaction to EU directive means councils could face massive penalties for missing targets
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NewsTesco's first eco-store has cardboard signs
Store has a carbon footprint 70% smaller than 2006 shop