Entries for December 2009

The Norwegian government, which launched its Building for the future environmental action plan for the housing and building sector in September, has now made it available in English.

Over Christmas time, thousands upon thousands (probably millions) of energy hungry fairy lights decorate homes across Europe

The Government chose what was possibly the wettest day ever recorded in England to launch its Flood and Water Management Bill

The consultation on feed-in tariffs for small-scale renewable energy “elicited over 700 replies which are currently being analysed in line with the proposal to introduce a scheme by April 2010,”

Former RIBA president Maxwell Hutchinson has praised the humble brick as a sustainable and versatile material

As the UN COP15 Climate Change Conference started in Copenhagen, the European Commission announced that the number of signatories to the Covenant of Mayors on sustainable energy had reached 1,000

Prince Charles has opened a construction college in Dorset which hopes to become a Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Construction

Anna Walker has issued her Independent Review of Charging for Household Water and Sewerage Services, which calls for greater use of water metering and efficient use.

Chancellor Alistair Darling revealed his Pre-Budget Report this month, which included, among the hotly debated restrictions on bankers’ bonuses, a number of sustainability measures.

Ground source heating and cooling pumps could provide a third of the UK’s renewable energy by 2020, an Environment Agency report has said, but the technology needs a financial boost.