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Sustainable Building is a newsletter on energy efficiency and green building. Every month it will give you news, features on using renewable energy, analysis of energy policy, a legislation tracker and case studies of good practice. Further information: Click here.


Latest Free for View Articles
Uganda gets cheap, sustainable classrooms

Work is beginning this month to build a programme of sustainable classrooms in rural Uganda, designed by a Gifford team as part of an international architecture competition

A new year heralds changes in Europe

Another year and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers rotates, with Spain taking the role in the first half of 2010

Code revisions due shortly

The Government plans to launch a consultation on proposed revisions to the Code for Sustainable Homes shortly

Pre-Budget report in full

Full text of Chancellor Alistair Darling's pre-budget report statement


Latest Articles
Grant programme closes suddenly

Just three days after the Government published Feed-in Tariffs for low carbon renewable energy incentives, it suddenly closed its Low Carbon Buildings Programme grant scheme

Conservatives pledge “lean and green” agenda

Conservative shadow environment spokesman, Nick Herbert, has told a meeting of representatives of over 50 Conservative controlled councils: “Our green agenda isn’t an optional extra.”

Benchmarks and misunderstandings

Shadow chancellor George Osborne has set out eight benchmarks for economic growth, including the need to build a “greener economy”

Net UK emissions down

Net UK emissions of the six greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol fell by 1.9% between 2007 and 2008

International pledges emerge after Copenhagen

Following the heavily criticised conclusion of the Copenhagen climate change talks, the UNFCCC has received national pledges to cut carbon emissions from 55 countries, including the EU

Zero carbon schools ambition moves

The Government has said it accepts the recommendations of a new Zero Carbon Task Force report on making new schools zero carbon by 2016



Latest Features
Helping to build a more sustainable future

Andy Walder, director of the National Construction College, on the importance of environmental best practice and sustainable building solutions

Smart appliances for smart grids

With the increasing use of wind and solar power for low carbon energy generation across Europe, the challenge arises of how to deal with the intermittent nature of such systems



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