All Sustainability articles – Page 30
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NewsFosters takes over environmental design consultancy
Practice was already working closely with PHA Consult
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TechnicalEcobuild promises a greener future
This year’s conference is bigger than ever and with a new focus on architecture.
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NewsGreen light for Blackheath eco home
E2 Architecture & Interiors has received planning consent to build an eco-house adjoining a grade II* listed pagoda designed by William Chambers in Blackheath, south-east London.
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NewsPrince Charles driven 'insane' by classicist label
Work with the Foundation for the Built Environment not about style, HRH insists
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NewsSolar panel firm announces Wales factory expansion
Solar panel manufacturer Sharp has announced the expansion of its factory in Wales with the creation of 300 new jobs.
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NewsLondon architects set to benefit from retrofit fund
Small and medium-size firms in London including architects are set to benefit from a £10 million scheme promoting best practice in the capital’s retrofit market.Small builders, plumbers and electricians will also be able to receive learning and business support via a network of professional bodies including the RIBA. The scheme, ...
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Anne Thorne Architects completes 'PassivTerrace'
Anne Thorne Architects has completed a ’PassivTerrace’ refurbishment in Haringey, north London, for Metropolitan Housing Partnership.
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OpinionWhat is the problem with the prince?
Prince Charles’s environmental aims are those you’d want in a developer. So what is it that rankles?
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NewsArchitects join task force on ‘greening’ non-domestic buildings
Architects Aedas and Bennetts Associates are among a task force of builders, engineers and developers drawn up to simplify policy on “greening” non-domestic buildings.
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NewsJestico & Whiles reveals winning designs for Millennium Village
Final stage of Greenwich Millennium Village set to be built at a “human scale”
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NewsPrince's Foundation plots Indian Poundbury
The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment has opened its first Indian office, in Mumbai, with the aim of building a new eco-town based on Poundbury and bringing values of “sustainable urbanism” to projects on the sub-continent.
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NewsGovernment edges closer to definition of 'Zero Carbon'
Housing minister Grant Shapps welcomes report and suggests ’offsetting’ will form part of housing solution
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NewsThreat to UK bricks from EU carbon tax
Architects fear a new carbon tax could force the UK brick industry into decline, pushing up costs and forcing them to import the material from elsewhere
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Opinion
The truly green shoots of recovery
As the downturn eases, we have environmental opportunities closer to home than Mexico.
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NewsMorrell’s findings spark more questions
The government has been challenged to explain how it will drive change in the construction industry following Monday’s publication of construction tsar Paul Morrell’s landmark report on the impact of climate change
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NewsRIBA welcomes Morrell report as an 'opportunity' for profession
Portland Place backs findings of government construction tsar as Green Building Council raises questions
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NewsGrasp 40 years worth of green work, construction tsar urges
Paul Morrell’s low carbon report highlights the challenges and rewards of tackling climate change
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NewsPaul Davis beats stiff competition for £8 million Northern Ireland eco development
Paul Davis & Partners has beaten practices including RMJM, B3 and The Boyd Partnership in an £8 million international competition to design a zero-carbon housing development in Northern Ireland.
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FeaturesSheppard Robson helps RICS create free Ska Rating tool
Sheppard Robson has helped develop a free tool to enable architects and interior designers improve and rate sustainability of office fit-out projects, says associate Daniel Winder