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30 October 2008
The choice of construction materials and high levels of recycling waste are helping a new shopping centre being built in St Austell achieve a Breeam ‘very good’ rating. Ben Kochan reports
30 October 2008
Several major construction clients and contractors have signed up to a new voluntary agreement launched by the Government’s Waste & Resources Action Programme to halve the amount of waste they send to landfill by 2012 as the industry grapples with its meaning.
30 October 2008
BRE Global and the British Board of Agrément have signed a licence agreement to provide environmental profiles certification for construction product manufacturers.
30 September 2008
The Liberal Democrats, in a conference totally marginalised by the unfolding collapse of major financial institutions, have backed eco-towns, but under strict conditions.
28 August 2008
Ben Kochan examines the efforts of cement and concrete industries to improve their enviromental performance
28 August 2008
BERR’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have announced plans to invest £10m in sixteen innovative research and development projects
28 August 2008
Canadian consultancy Carbon Sense Solutions has unveiled a new method of storing carbon dioxide waste in concrete.
28 August 2008
Lime mortar specialist Masons Mortar will be exhibiting at the Renovation and Self Build Show in Aberdeen on 13-14 September...
31 July 2008
The brick industry is making big efforts to improve its sustainability at the same time reducing energy used in the manufacturing process. Ben Kochan examines the developments
31 July 2008
One Planet Products, a sustainable products service, had its Parliamentary launch late last month at the House of Commons by energy minister Malcolm Wicks.