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Wolseley has chosen SOL Construction, a Midlands-based subsidiary of Rok, to build its Sustainable Building Centre (SBC) at Leamington Spa.

The BRE has issued a call for construction products manufacturers to participate in the BeAware (Built Environment Action on Waste Awareness and Resource Efficiency) project.

The Carbon Trust has listed CleanSource UPS (uninterruptible power supply) on its Energy Technology Product List (ETPL), as part of the Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) scheme.

Half a million homes a year should be retrofitted with renewables by 2020, according to Philip Wolfe, ce of the Renewable Energy Association.

The Federation of Master Builders is leading a campaign with other bodies to launch a campaign to reduce VAT on energy efficiency products and green technology.

A report for Alliance & Leicester Mortgages has concluded that “environmental pressures will lead to "futuristic four-up-two-down, three-generation family homes within the next 20 years”.

Prime minister Gordon Brown has unveiled ambitious plans to lift housebuilding  from 200,000 to 240,000 new homes for 2016 – the biggest new housebuilding programme since the 1970s – with many being eco-designed houses.

New York architect Frank Williams has teamed up with renowned Moscow architect Michael Posokhin to design Moscow’s first substantial eco-building.

The Government has agreed to sign up to the Strategic Forum for Construction’s 2012 Construction Commitments.

A new form of organic insulation based on mushroom growth has been pioneered by two graduates from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York.

Poorly installed photovoltaic products on roofs cost the EU £2bn each year, according to the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC).

The outspoken former head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Bob Watson, has...

The latest regional development agency to launch a sustainability checklist for planners and developers is Advantage West Midlands. 

Newcastle based Eaga plc is installing solar thermal demonstration kits in all north east England secondary schools.

Staff from Leicestershire Energy Efficiency Advice Centre have said unscrupulous companies are offering....