Entries for August 2008

Each year European public authorities spend the equivalent of 16% of the EU Gross Domestic Product – almost €2,000bn – on the purchase of goods.

The European Commission has published draft proposals for a revised regulation on the Community’s Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS).

West Bengal is backing sustainable buildings development as it suffers from an increasing shortage of power.

The European Ecolabel scheme is to be revised to make it simpler and cheaper to participate as well as extending it to a wider range of product areas.

Canadian consultancy Carbon Sense Solutions has unveiled a new method of storing carbon dioxide waste in concrete.

The European Union is to repeal the Construction Products Directive and replace it with a new regulation which will lay down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products.

Construction Group Shaylor is nearing completion of a £2.5m school extension involving solar panels and ground source heat pumps.

DEFRA has proposed a Code of Practice for the Sustainable Use of Soils on Construction Sites which aims to allow the industry to protect the soil resources it uses and to comply with guidance and legislation.

A new study by The Carbon Trust has confirmed the limited potential os small-scale wind energy, concluding it is best mainly limited to rural areas.

DCLG has published a framework for accreditation schemes in assessing an individual’s application for becoming an energy assessor via the accreditation of prior experiential learning route.

Regional development agency One North East has awarded a £1.15m Selective Finance for Investment grant to green support services company Eaga for expansion.

The BRE Trust plans to increase its support for research and education in the built environment “very significantly” over the next three years its chairman Sir Neville Simms told its annual general meeting.

The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers has launched a tool to facilitate searches of its Low Carbon Energy Assessor Register...

The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers is launching an initiative to help companies prepare themselves for energy performance certificates...

More concise appraisal of flooding and coastal erosion risk recommended in Making Space for Water has prompted a DEFRA consultation on updated appraisal policy guidance.