Schools secretary admits zero carbon target will not be met
28 January, 2010
The government will miss its target of making every new school building in England zero carbon from 2016, schools secretary Ed Balls admitted today.
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Schools secretary admits zero carbon target will not be met
Tear down 60s and 70s buildings, says government adviser
26 January, 2010
The government’s new chief construction adviser has said buildings put up in the sixties and seventies should be torn down because it would be impossible to refurbish them to a sufficient standard laid down by green targets.
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Carbon cuts for occupied buildings on track
Carbon cuts for occupied buildings on track
18 December, 2009
The government believes it will exceed its target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from its occupied buildings.
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Greenpeace looks for 'fortress' architect
Greenpeace looks for 'fortress' architect
28 January, 2010
Greenpeace this week launched an architectural competition to help it build an ‘impenetrable fortress’ on land earmarked for the third runway at Heathrow Airport.
RIBA calls for radical solutions for British coastal cities
15 January, 2010
British cities near the coast are at risk of extreme flooding with urgent action needed now to protect them, the RIBA and the Institution of Civil Engineers have claimed.
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Low carbon group launched
Low carbon group launched
3 December, 2009
Peter Mandelson has launched the government’s low carbon construction innovation and growth steering group, which will review the industry’s fitness for reducing carbon emissions.
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‘Sustainability’ is a dangerous mirage
11 December 2009
Even in Dubai, the language of greenwash is used to distract us from the real design issues
Season of humbug and hot air
11 December 2009
If we’re really serious about the planet, let’s debate more and buy less
Lost in the name of sustainability
20 November 2009
The demolition of an innovative 19th century steel girder bridge is entirely unnecessary
The climate debate isn’t over
13 November 2009
Attacking the media for raising questions about global warning only exemplifies how green orthodoxy is stifling legitimate discussion
Climate Change Features
Should we question green orthodoxy?
13 November 2009
Readers are split in their responses to last week’s leader calling for a debate on climate change
Zed Factory’s Pipe Dream and Cox Bulleid’s Prototype Green Terrace
24 April 2009
Two timely projects tackle the critical issues of how best to build sustainable housing — and how to cut its cost
Aquifer thermal energy storage for London’s museum quarter
27 March 2009
A radical programme to reduce CO2 emissions, developed by Fulcrum Consulting and the Natural History Museum, has been proposed for London’s museum heartland
Learning by example at the Wise sustainability centre in Wales
09 October 2009
The Wales Institute for Sustainable Education not only teaches sustainable building, but will itself be a practical demonstration of techniques.
The Eon house and the architecture of climate change
17 April 2009
The half a semi-detached house built to 1930s Building Regs and monitored for energy efficiency at the University of Nottingham is an architectural experiment that could benefit millions of British homes
Exhibition imagines London after climate change
7 July, 2008
As Gordon Brown meets other world leaders at the annual G8 summit in Tokyo, architectural visualiser GMJ has launched an online exhibition to spark public debate about climate change.
Climate Change Letters
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Consensus cost
Consensus cost
11 December 2009
It was interesting to read Amanda Baillieu's contribution to the Spectator’s December 4 issue, in which she described the reactions to her recent editorial on global warming (Leader November 6)
Climate change beyond ‘belief’
20 November 2009
I am amazed that many usually rational people — including architects — have turned into evangelical, fanatical bigots when it comes to the question of climate and energy
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United approach
United approach
20 November 2009
The construction industry cannot afford to waste any more time debating which scientific data it prefers to believe. There is a “good enough” consensus among climate scientists that humans can affect climate
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Tropical storm
Tropical storm
11 December 2009
One way that architects can (and should) make a significant change on the overall carbon impact of buildings is to eschew tropical hardwoods. Our research has shown that imported tropical hardwoods are the key driver of deforestation in...
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Keep a cool head
Keep a cool head
20 November 2009
Our profession has a key role in adapting for the consequences of the 10-century-long trend of global warming, but this does not mean we have to dumbly accept the assertions of the “greenhouse gas” proponents. Many of the same climate campaigners...
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Solid evidence
Solid evidence
20 November 2009
Your editorial “Is global warming hot air?” (November 6) does a great disservice to our profession. To claim a “growing wealth of scientific evidence” that climate change is not predominantly man made, without citing this supposed evidence,...
