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31 July 2008
Ministers have spelled out their changing approach to eco towns in a series of recent written Parliamentary answers.
31 July 2008
Over 30 MPs have backed a new motion calling for solar panels to be installed on the roof of Parliament.
31 July 2008
The Zero Carbon Hub recommended in the Calcutt Review to try to make sense of the "zero carbon homes" aspiration has begun work with UK Green Building Council...
31 July 2008
Disjointed policy and weak enforcement risk damaging the credibility of the Government’s ambitious targets for low-carbon buildings...
31 July 2008
Construction is key to the long-term objective of making the UK a low-carbon society, with buildings accounting for around half of greenhouse gas emissions...
31 July 2008
The Government has promised more effective financial support for small-scale renewable energy technologies in buildings and planning changes to help deliver them in its new UK Renewable Energy Strategy.
31 July 2008
Housing minister Caroline Flint has published a progress report* on the Government’s eco towns plans, including
what CLG dub the UK’s "toughest ever green standards for new housing".
31 July 2008
DEFRA is setting up systems which aim to give consumers and businesses information on what benefits their green energy tariffs actually deliver over and above the supplier’s existing legal obligation to supply electricity from renewable sources.
30 July 2008
A non-partisan examination of the Government’s ecotowns policy by highly respected environmental lawyers and specialists has praised efforts to further sustainable building and to explore possible benefits from New Town solutions where appropriate, but has uncovered serious legal and policy flaws in its seemingly rushed approach which could undermine the credibility of its current plans for ten eco towns. Dr Paul K Hatchwell looks at the fundamental concerns and recommendations.
30 July 2008
The first assessment of eco-town project bidders by the 15-strong Eco towns Challenge Panel has revealed a largely unsatisfactory level of sustainability ambition among the shortlisted bids, with even the strongest needing improvement if they are to surpass other best practice existing or planned projects. Dr Paul K Hatchwell reports.