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31 July 2008
The Academy of Sustainable Construction has published a book celebrating a Liverpool community that successfully resisted demolition of their homes in the 1970s and then worked with professionals to create an exemplar sustainable community.
31 July 2008
Eco Environments has achieved MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) accreditation for both solar PV and wind turbine installations.
31 July 2008
A new guide, Low Carbon Refurbishment of Buildings, has been published by The Carbon Trust to set out best practice on cutting carbon emissions from non-domestic buildings.
31 July 2008
Friends of the Earth wants proposed reforms to the retail planning system genuinely to protect town centres and small shops, and curb the growth in out-of-town supermarkets.
30 July 2008
The UK Green Building Council has launched a Biodiversity Task Group to encourage consideration of biodiversity in the built environment.
30 July 2008
Zed Homes has won an appeal to build a Code Level 5 housing scheme in Ashford, Kent, following secretary of state Hazel Blear’s decision.
30 June 2008
Greenpeace is calling for new CHP power stations to be built in industrial locations. The heat produced by this process would be used in industrial processes while a large proportion of the electricity could be directed to the National Grid. This would take advantage of CHP’s much greater conversion efficiency than conventional power stations – and much lower emissions per unit of electricity.
30 June 2008
Car dealer the Gilder Group is developing a £15m centre at Meadowhead near Sheffield with several notable sustainable features.
30 June 2008
CIBSE has flagged up a potentially severe shortage of assessors needed to implement the Energy Performance of Buildings directive.
31 May 2008
New research for English Partnerships suggests that a Millennium Community home will be responsible for 145,000t less of CO2 over a 30 year period compared to an ordinary home built at the same time. The work by the Richard Hodkinson Consultancy says Millennium Homes, launched in 1997 to achieve a 20% improvement in energy use compared to the 2002 building regulations, have actually achieved a 23% improvement. On average, each home achieved an 11% improvement on the 2006 regulations, saving an estimated 2,000t/yr of CO2.