Entries for April 2009

Bigger is best when it comes to decentralised energy, was one conclusion from a New London Architecture seminar. SB listens to the initiatives and barriers to bringing it to London.

SB looks at a 33-storey tower in Mexico City being billed as Latin America’s first high performance green office building.

“We were shocked to discover that engineering advice had been lacking in the formulation of policies as important and diverse as eco-towns, renewable energy and large IT projects,” MPs say in a new report on the role and deficiencies of engineering in Britain. Dr David Lowry reports.

The Treasury should make programmes aimed at improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings the number one priority for green fiscal stimulus, MPs on the influential Environmental Audit Committee have warned the chancellor Alastair Darling on the eve of his critical Budget’09. Dr David Lowry reports.

A draft masterplan for an area of south London says it will become the UK’s first truly sustainable suburb. Jon Reeds reports.

A dramatic new extension to the Tate Modern has been given the go-ahead, with ambitions of saving huge amounts of energy, emitting less carbon and promoting the concept of sustainable art galleries worldwide. Vastly changed from the original design, Ella Taylor reports on its journey.

Leaders of the G20 have been accused of treating climate change as an “afterthought”, following this month’s summit in London.