Entries for September 2009

Office occupier take-up in central Bristol in 2008 totalled almost 610,000 sq ft, below the 10-year average of 690,000 sq ft

Here Alan Patterson, head of research & strategy, Europe & Asia at AXA Real Estate IM looks at prospects for the commercial market and property stocks

With the last round of political party conferences before the general election about to get under way, eight NGOs have published a manifesto themselves

Cooperative work between Government and industry on the Strategy for Sustainable Construction has been “excellent” up to now

A £6m grant has been given to small construction companies to help them widen sustainable building and to lower their carbon emissions.

While the Government has been pushing ahead with plans for new zero carbon buildings, the built environment consists of structures constructed over many decades – indeed centuries

Gordon Brown said he wanted a new policy for 1.5m green jobs and industry

The European Commission has adopted four new eco design regulations to improve the energy efficiency of industrial motors, circulators, televisions, refrigerators and freezers

With less than 90 days to go before the Copenhagen summit on climate change opens, the EU has been stepping up its efforts to secure a deal

Useless office buildings from the 60s and 70s have been targeted by architects at a design and construction consultancy to turn them into student accommodation, using sailing yachts as inspiration