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The top 10 of BD’s inaugural list of the 50 most influential people in UK sustainability
Sustainability 50: Prince ploughs on
Hard to place but significant nonetheless, Charles may polarise opinion but his contribution to sustainability is unquestionable.
11-20 of the most influential people in UK sustainability
11-20 of BD’s inaugural list of the 50 most influential people in UK sustainability
21- 30 of the most influential people in UK sustainability
21- 30 of BD’s inaugural list of the 50 most influential people in UK sustainability
Spratley Studios gets go ahead for Beechwood project
South Oxfordshire home aims to achieve Level 5 of the Code for Sustainable Homes
Kirkland Fraser Moor wins Hertfordshire housing approval
Sustainable homes to be built on former egg-packing factory
Perring Architecture & Design reveals New Forest Passivhaus
Five-bedroom house to be built to Code for Sustainable Homes level five
LHC designs Devon renewable energy centre
Architects will build facility for students to test renewable technology
Open House in Hamburg by Onix Architekten
This Passivhaus for communal living produces more energy than it uses.
Olympic Sailing Village by HTA Architects
HTA Architects’ athletes’ village in Dorset mixes traditional materials with an up-to-date approach to energy generation
SBEC sustainability centre finds ways to push the envelope
The Sustainable Building Envelope Centre has been established to harness the building fabric to generate energy. Here is a look at its ambitions and some of the key technologies under development
Gamlingay Eco Hub by Civic Architects
After a 10-year battle to build it, Civic Architects’ Gamlingay Eco Hub finally emerges as the greenest community centre in the country
Looking forward to a retrofit future
Retrofitting meets the challenge of improving energy efficiency in existing stock, as Penoyre & Prasad’s refurb of a 1990s house in London shows
White Design’s Dartington Primary School
With its individual timber-clad classrooms, Dartington Primary School in Devon by White Design blends into the rural landscape while creating one of the greenest schools in the UK.
A Passivhaus for everyone
The barriers to using Passivhaus for affordable housing are slowly being overcome
Sustainable schools on agenda at Ecobuild
BD editor to host discussion about future of school design
Could a style makeover tempt homeowners to the Green Deal?
The government’s Green Deal needs to retrofit around 600,000 homes a year - but it seems unlikely that current incentives can persuade enough people to make alterations to their homes.
The power of collaborative consumption
Today’s technology and the recession are driving a revived sense of community as we share, rent and trade possessions. Writer and ecobuild speaker Rachel Botsman talks to Nick Jones about the power of ‘collaborative consumption’
