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<title>Qatar study finds cost of Passivhaus standard</title>
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<description>Analysis shows Passivhaus approach adds less than a fifth to cost of housing</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Keppie Design achieves Breeam 'excellent' at Stromness school</title>
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<description>Primary school also includes nursery and community facilities</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Call for entries to UK Passivhaus awards</title>
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<description>Awards to highlight diversity and performance of Passivhaus buildings</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 05:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Easy wins on retrofit already taken, warns UK-GBC</title>
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<description>Organisation welcomes government figures on progress but warns against complacency</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 05:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tackle skills shortage to meet green targets, says Zero Carbon Hub</title>
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<description>Chief executive Neil Jefferson warns of skills gap as life returns to housebuilding sector</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kieran Timberlake makes top 10 green projects list</title>
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<description>Practice named alongside ZGF and KMD as architects responsible for USA’s greenest schemes</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Architype submits UK's largest Passivhaus scheme</title>
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<description>Practice cites frustration with major housebuilders as motivation for turning developer</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>£1m low-carbon research facility to be built in Swindon</title>
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<description>Bath University developing first phase of construction research park</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Birmingham City University appoints professor of zero carbon design</title>
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<description>Lubo Jankovic takes on newly created sustainable architecture role</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>National Trust boosts investment in renewable energy</title>
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<description>Plans to generate 50% of energy from renewable sources by 2020</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>High-rise demolitions are unsustainable, say architects</title>
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<description>Debate hears post-war towers should be refurbished rather than knocked down</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Green Deal funding package seals sub-7% interest rate</title>
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<description>Finance company reveals details of finance deal and confirms fixed rate of 6.96%</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Architects told to invest in bim to win Green Deal work</title>
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<description>Small practices should capitalise on green investment says training body</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 06:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Architects appointed to sustainable construction inquiry</title>
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<description>Jack Pringle and Patrick Bellew among those to investigate the Green Deal</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 06:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BRE slammed for "unsustainable" housing plans</title>
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<description>Sustainability assessor sparks locals’ fury over congestion fears</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Government slammed over renewable heat delay</title>
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<description>Incentive scheme for householders pushed back by a year</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Controversial energy minister John Hayes replaced</title>
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<description>Michael Fallon to bring “stronger business focus” to the role</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cambridge Uni agrees planning obligations on £1bn eco-scheme</title>
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<description>3,000 home scheme will be UK’s largest CSH level five project</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Outstanding rating for Heatherwick’s gin distillery</title>
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<description>Second highest industrial Breeam rating for Bombay Sapphire facility</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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