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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

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

Two homes on a development in Longbridge will be built to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6, the first “zero carbon” homes in Birmingham

A failure to measure buildings’ whole-life carbon means that much of the £2.7bn annual increase in construction costs will not achieve the environmental goals intended, according to new research

A new green roof technology designed to be so light that no extra constructional support is needed has been launched by Icopal

AECB has attacked the proposed Renewable Heat Incentive which it says would pay people for heat used, however inefficiently, rather than heat saved, and gives no incentive to make buildings more energy efficient

Italy is to become the first European country to implement the US Green Building Council’s LEED rating system

BRE Trust has published a report on positioning of wind turbines on the roofs of tall buildings to try to get worthwhile energy delivery from devices which are attracting increasing scepticism