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Commercial Property
02 September 2011
CITB-Construction Skills’ £78m grant scheme has undergone modification, allowing the application for businesses simpler.
02 September 2011
Heritage body the Society for the Protection of Older Buildings (SPAB) and a number of organisations and individuals in the conservation sector, have called for Government to consider the needs of pre 1919 buildings under the Green Deal.
02 September 2011
Two former architecture students have established an organisation to help rebuild destroyed properties affected during the UK riots earlier in the month.
29 July 2011
A health centre built to BREEAM Excellent is the first in Wales to achieve the rating.
08 June 2011
New evidence to support a new clause to make Display Energy Certificates mandatory in commercial buildings has been published by the UK Green Building Council, as well as a list of signatories supporting the move.
13 May 2011
Will the 2011 Budget stimulate growth in our urban economy? Certainly the intention this year is that the Budget will achieve this objective and generate economic growth. But the difficulty the Government faces is that with no cash to spend, most of its proposals are likely to be small scale and largely local in their effect, says Jeremy Edge, Edge Planning and Development LLP.
07 April 2011
A survey to explore the awareness and understanding of asbestos in buildings has been launched, in conjunction with the United Kingdom Accreditation Service.
28 March 2011
In a MIPIM round table debate, four commercial property professionals debate issues ranging from green premiums to the price of carbon. Ian Grant reports.
28 March 2011
Prof. François Ortalo-Magné, Wisconsin School of Business reporting the results of survey of developers, investors, end users and public sector bodies said if people are no longer talking about a green premium, there’s talk of a brown discount.
28 March 2011
The energy performance data of over 40,000 public buildings including schools, universities and hospitals has been published by the Centre for Sustainable Energy, through a Freedom of Information Act request.
25 February 2011
The Zero Carbon Hub this month held its first annual conference in London, and discussed the motives for the industry and how to achieve them. Laura Day was there.
25 February 2011
The Government is committed to a carbon emission reduction of 80% by 2050. For the construction sector this means tackling the 26m homes and 2m other buildings that exist today and that will still be standing in 2050. Paul Appleby, a consultant in sustainable building design, looks at the challenges in line with the recently published IGT report.
24 February 2011
An initiative that links London-based SMEs with low carbon building and live demonstration projects has begun its first phase.
11 February 2011
A high court judge has ruled education secretary Michael Gove’s decision to scrap the multimillion-pound school rebuilding projects as “an abuse of power”, urging Mr Gove to rethink the decision.
02 February 2011
Ian Kemp, business development director at Caledonian Building Systems explains why off-site construction is an increasingly popular choice for environmentally conscious clients.