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International
17 January 2012
A new prefabricated housing solution that can be assembled in less than two months is being pioneered in India by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
09 December 2011
President Barack Obama has this month announced a $4bn fund of private and federal investment to upgrade the efficiency of buildings over the next two years.
06 December 2011
President Barack Obama has this month announced a $4bn fund of private and federal investment to upgrade the efficiency of buildings over the next two years.
02 December 2011
The United Nations is encouraging governments, non-governmental organisations and the wider community to discuss what kind of communities they wish to see in the future.
25 November 2011
Green office buildings are increasingly cropping up all over the world, and with them, a perception of property premium. But a recent Australian study aims to prove the advantages and cost benefits of green investment in offices, as Laura Day reports.
25 November 2011
Green office buildings are increasingly cropping up all over the world, and with them, a perception of property premium. But a recent Australian study aims to prove the advantages and cost benefits of green investment in offices, as Laura Day reports.
25 November 2011
Green office buildings are increasingly cropping up all over the world, and with them, a perception of property premium. But a recent Australian study aims to prove the advantages and cost benefits of green investment in offices, as Laura Day reports.
25 November 2011
Green office buildings are increasingly cropping up all over the world, and with them, a perception of property premium. But a recent Australian study aims to prove the advantages and cost benefits of green investment in offices, as Laura Day reports.
08 November 2011
Passivhaus and virtually everything to do with it - from engraining it in national policy to whether architects should love or hate PPHP - was brought into questioning at the second annual UK Passivhaus Conference held in London this month. Laura Day reports on day one.
08 November 2011
A school that imposes 75% less energy demand than a traditional building has been completed this month by San Francisco designer and builder, Project Frog.
13 September 2011
A $1bn project to fit solar panels to military housing in the US has been announced.
02 September 2011
A Canadian energy efficiency retrofit program has been renewed by the government, which will allow homeowners to be eligible for home improvement grants until 21 March 2012.
15 August 2011
The Building Research Establishment is to have its innovation park structure replicated in a forthcoming development in Brazil.
09 August 2011
The Australian state of Canberra has entered the next phase of the development of national legislation which would see minimum energy efficiency standards implemented across the country.
29 June 2011
The Australian government could save $75m a year in electricity costs if it implemented simple changes to energy usage in government building, according to a new report by the Australian National Audit Office.