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Design
17 January 2012
A housing development in Castleford has been awarded a post-construction certificate for its Code Level 6 performance, as of December 2011.
17 January 2012
The shortlist of finalists in the running to design a Passivhaus demonstration project for BRE Watford and Ravenscraig have been named this month.
06 December 2011
Camden Council has reduced its carbon footprint by 9% according to figures released for 2010/11, as part of the national 10:10 Campaign.
02 December 2011
A scheme to develop a 300,000 sq ft shopping centre in South Hampshire has been confirmed by British Land and Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).
17 January 2012
A group of academics and industry professionals is urging Government to incentivise post-construction testing following recent research which found that new homes may not be meeting their energy design targets.
17 January 2012
Two energy efficient developments aimed at tackling low housing demand have been completed in Barnsley.
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
Camden Council has reduced its carbon footprint by 9% according to figures released for 2010/11, as part of the national 10:10 Campaign.
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.
18 November 2011
BRE and the International Passivhaus Association have joined together and launched a competition to design two Passivhaus homes on site at the BRE Innovation Parks in Watford and Scotland.
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.