22 January 2008
The Government-sponsored Technology Strategy Board is backing R&D into more energy efficient lighting, lasers, high brightness LEDs (Light-Emitting Diodes)and displays with a new £10 million investment programme opened up for competition just before Christmas.
30 November 2007
BRE is likely to add another rating to BREEAM system which will be higher than the current top grade – “excellent”.
30 November 2007
Transport and Climate Change Minister Stewart Stevenson wants Scottish homes to match Scandinavia.
30 November 2007
CABE) wants the government to enshrine its Building for Life standard into the planning system by 2008.
30 November 2007
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), based at Loughborough University aims to develop ways to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
31 October 2007
The Ministry of Defence is aiming to save 2400t/yr carbon across ten sites in the South West with the help of pulse meters installed in buildings.
31 October 2007
Leeds Metropolitan University came first in a higher education green league table
31 October 2007
While “carbon neutral” may still be proving elusive for many developers, work has begun in Leeds on a carbon negative development.
31 October 2007
Over two thirds of construction professionals think UK building regulations don’t go far enough.
31 October 2007
The Carbon Trust has launched a campaign to promote its energy-efficiency loans scheme.
31 October 2007
A partnership of organisations in North East England is studying the adaptations it will need to cope with the now inevitable effects of climate change over the next 40 years.
31 October 2007
The Waste & Resources Action Plan has found £2.3m to fund an extra three-quarters of a million tonnes of aggregate recycling capacity each year.
31 October 2007
The Environment Agency has launched a new online tool to enable construction companies to calculate the carbon footprint of their projects.
31 October 2007
The Association of British Insurers has attacked the level of new funding for flood defences outlined in the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR).
31 October 2007
Developers, the local planning authority and the Environment Agency are all facing the threat of legal action from residents of a West Yorkshire housing estate that was flooded.