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Regulation
09 December 2011
It would be “catastrophic” to delay the cuts to solar Feed-in Tariffs until April 2012, Greg Barker has warned.
17 January 2012
New powers introduced in December will allow the Welsh Government sole responsibility for building regulations in Wales after having previously being held by the UK Government.
16 January 2012
The Building Research Establishment has published new guidance aimed at those responsible for energy management in their organisation, on how businesses can manage their energy.
06 December 2011
President Barack Obama has this month announced a $4bn fund of private and federal investment to upgrade the efficiency of buildings over the next two years.
02 December 2011
The United Nations is encouraging governments, non-governmental organisations and the wider community to discuss what kind of communities they wish to see in the future.
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
Rumours abounded in the last week that the rates for Feed-in-Tariff for photovoltaics would be slashed and its duration shortened.
02 September 2011
A survey of small and medium enterprises has revealed that while many are interested in energy efficiency and have made moves to implement such measures, a lack of information, cost and red tape are barriers to SMEs being able to take full advantage.
02 September 2011
The House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee has announced it intends to hold oral evidence sessions on the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), published on 25 July, following an invitation to do so by the Minister for Planning and Decentralisation.
09 August 2011
The Australian state of Canberra has entered the next phase of the development of national legislation which would see minimum energy efficiency standards implemented across the country.
29 July 2011
All applications for new builds and conversions within Brighton and Hove will need to be accompanied by a sustainability checklist from 13 July, the city council has announced.
29 June 2011
We know more about economy, environment and technology, but less about psychology and behavioural change. Ian Grant reports from BASE London.
31 May 2011
The Government has accepted the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change – despite internal misgivings – and committed itself to cutting emissions by 50% by 2025. But how are these cuts to be achieved? Simon Napper looks at the role of the building sector.
31 May 2011
A law-enshrined green bank advisory group and investment powers within a year were among the details of the Green Investment Bank announced by deputy prime minister Nick Clegg and business secretary Dr Vince Cable this month.
31 May 2011
A tool that will allow small and medium sized businesses to monitor a countdown to low carbon policies has been launched to provide key signposts for the industry.