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25 February 2011
Despite claims to be the greenest government ever, the coalition’s green credentials are under close scrutiny as it imposes cuts of 40% and 50% respectively on the Carbon Trust and the Energy Saving Trust. Simon Napper looks at the implications.
25 February 2011
Energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne has faced a barrage of criticism since announcing he was bringing forward a review of Feed-in-Tariffs for small scale renewables. Simon Napper looks at the problem.
27 August 2010
"We are committed to being the greenest government ever, and an essential part of that is to ensure that all homes in the future will be built without emitting any carbon,” Grant Shapps, housing minister, 8 August
27 August 2010
Sean Lockie, director of sustainability at Atkins, looks at the growing interest in embodied carbon and what this means to the construction industry
27 August 2010
The debate about whether ivy on buildings is a good or bad thing seems to have been put to rest
04 August 2010
Low carbon growth should be at the heart of the “special relationship” between the UK and India, said Greg Barker
30 July 2010
Following EU proposals in 2008 the recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive was adopted and published in May
29 July 2010
There have been wholesale moans following the demise of the Sustainable Development Commission and the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
24 June 2010
“The best words are those of the new Green MP, Caroline Lucas, who stated that the Queen's Speech was, on the environment, ‘pretty half-hearted’
24 June 2010
At the London Festival of Architecture, a session called sustainable architecture – design for the earth and beyond, had a sci-fi unreal feel to it
24 June 2010
“Existing infrastructures rely on carbon-heavy energy sources such as coal and gas and have leaky, inefficient buildings, which haven’t benefited from the latest technologies and materials”
23 June 2010
Inevitably there have been wide variations in the reaction to the emergency budget. From a property market perspective it is a mixed picture
22 June 2010
Consumer confidence and spending are likely to be undermined in the medium-term. The question is: by how much? Are we in for a double-dip or just a lengthy period of mild contraction?
14 June 2010
Around three quarters of people in the property industry don’t believe the current zero carbon building targets are realistic, according to a report.
26 May 2010
The Green Party would prioritise the low carbon economy if in power, according to an alternative Queen’s speech written by the Green Party leader