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04 January 2011
The Innovation and Growth Team’s report into the overhaul of the construction industry for the low carbon agenda is quite simply a document of good sense, says Laura Day.
04 January 2011
Following a series of Task Group meetings over the course of November and December, the Zero Carbon Hub has published and submitted its findings from its meetings to the minister for housing and local government, setting out recommendations for carbon compliance levels for new homes from 2016.
04 January 2011
DECC is continuing to research how the real life energy savings compare with estimated savings in domestic settings, Gregory Barker has said in a written answer.
04 January 2011
The world’s first energy house is to be launched by the University of Salford as part of a retrofit conference taking place in January 2011.
04 January 2011
A study by the Centre for the Built Environment (CeBE) and the University of Leeds has found that a low carbon, high efficiency building project has underperformed to expectations set at the design stage, causing concern for the wider building industry.
26 October 2010
Comprehensive planning for a low carbon transition and future-proofing has meant that Newcastle has kept its crown as the UK’s most sustainable city for the second year running.
08 September 2010
Ireland’s development workforce could encounter skills shortage as we move towards sustainable development and technologies, a report has found.
08 September 2010
Research released by business management consultancy, Blackmores, suggests that NHS Trusts are failing to comply with the new Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) legislation, due to come into effect in October.
27 August 2010
One of the key instruments in achieving the UK’s climate change targets may be delayed, creating further questions about the nation’s ability to meet its international commitments
23 August 2010
The first building to achieve a 90% score under the BREEAM Europe Commercial 2009 scheme is the Spring development in Nanterre
12 August 2010
Kingspan Water has published a guide to reducing flood risk via surface water run-off in new builds in line with the Code for Sustainable Homes
11 August 2010
The UKGBC has published an independent report of a consultation with its members on the future of BREEAM
10 August 2010
Housing minister Grant Shapps has failed to deliver the definition of a zero carbon home which he had promised would be published “within weeks” in late May
06 August 2010
The proportion of private rented properties with the worst energy rating is twice that of the owner-occupier sector
04 August 2010
A project to build zero and low carbon homes on the site of the old steel works at Ebbw Vale has been launched