Entries for May 2010

The full text of the Queen's speech on 25 May 2010

The first development in China to be registered for assessment under BREEAM is a 500,000m² office, retail and hotel building in Wuhan

The Energy Saving Scotland boiler scrappage scheme, under which householders can claim £400 off the cost of a new boiler, has begun work

BSRIA, BRE and several companies are producing design guidance on the most energy efficient design for recirculating heating and chilled water pumping systems

WWF has commended the new government for its green deal for household energy efficiency but it has attacked the failure of Conservative and Liberal Democrat politicians to turn pre-election talk of zero carbon homes by 2016 into action

Local government is to lose £1.165bn in the current year, DCLG £780m, DEFRA £162m and DBIS £836m as the four areas are hit with almost half of the £6.2bn of cuts announced by chancellor George Osborne

Refurbishing non-domestic buildings can not only fill the current supply gap, but also lead to cost and carbon savings, protect asset value and even help attract and retain employees

One of the most controversial housing policies of the last government is one of the first to fall victim of the new coalition government, as HIPs were suspended

A few days into a coalition government and we ask ourselves: ‘What fundamental changes to the UK’s sustainability and carbon policies are likely to occur?'

The number of wind turbines deployed in the EU grew by over 13% between 2008 and 2009, according to a EurObserv’ER barometer study for the European Commission

“The ODA has also explored ways to further reduce the carbon impact of its transport activities, including the use of low-carbon concrete in the construction of transport infrastructure”

The first rural social housing scheme to be assessed for Passiv Haus certification has been given the go ahead

A group of trade bodies is calling on the Government to alter the tax system to encourage large-scale house building from institutions, such as pension funds and insurance companies

An international group of academics and industrialists has put forward the case for a radical rethink of climate policy following the political and scientific turmoil of the last year

The European Commission has set out plans to improve the management of biowaste in the EU