All Sustainability articles – Page 26
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News
UKTI presents international opportunities at Ecobuild
Other events include seminars on Brazil, China and India
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News
Engineers must stand up to architects with knighthoods, says Shuttleworth
Ken Shuttleworth urges engineers to ‘find a new Brunel’
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Technical
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
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Opinion
Breeam has become a nice little earner
Those urging Gove to retain the green assessment method should ask whether there might be a more efficient alternative
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News
Architects unite against move to scrap Breeam for schools
Industry joins RIBA and UKGBC in call to keep sustainability assessments
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Analysis
A more organic regeneration
The Outer London Fund, coordinated by Design for London, seeks to boost the built environment through a host of small-scale changes
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News
Government warned not to drop Breeam standards for schools
UKGBC says dropping standards would send ‘terrible message’
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Building Study
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
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News
Pope Priestley wins Nationwide Sustainable Housing Awards
David Tigg Architects and Imaginary Rock Foundation named runners-up
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Cambridge eco-mosque plans filed
Marks Barfield Architects to design ‘landmark building’ that will hold 1,000 people and feature a kitchen, cafe and garden
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RIBA confirms 2012 Ecobuild presence
Institute to run series of events on sustainable architecture and design
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Work to start on BDP's £120 million biomass plant
Construction to begin on orange-coloured energy facility
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Analysis
New build or refurb? Offices see rise of recycling
A new type of radical refurbishment, with both economic and sustainable credentials, is the future of office development
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News
Hawkes Architecture secures planning for eco-house in Kent
PPS7 eco-house will be first Code 6 Zero Carbon home in county
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Technical
B35 apartments by AGPS Architecture
Hansjürg Leibundgut’s Zurich home is also a ground-breaking research project into energy use
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News
Prasad and Sullivan to sit on Green Construction Board
Architects among construction leaders helping drive government’s sustainability agenda
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Opinion
Does the NPPF adequately define 'sustainability'?
Yes, says Liz Peace, it’s time to stop arguing and get on with it; while Fiona Howie thinks the definition need to be made absolutely clear