All Sustainability articles – Page 31
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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
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TechnicalWelsh group targets Passivhaus window market
A consortium of Welsh joinery firms is making a new high-performance timber window.
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TechnicalSimon Conder Associates’ Eastcliff houses
Two houses on the windswept Cornish coast rely on traditional passive solutions
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NewsSadler Brown plants 'solar trees' in Cambridge
Cambridge University Library has installed a series of “solar trees” to help power its archive stores.
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NewsSurvey predicts a prefabricated future for UK housebuilders
Architects face working on prefabricated housing as the industry shifts to meet Code level 6, according to a survey by estate agent Knight Frank
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NewsHCA to fund Peterborough zero-carbon development
The Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) has approved a £7.8 million grant to build 120 affordable zero-carbon homes in Peterborough.
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NewsPorritt calls on UK to adopt Passivhaus
Push for German low energy housing system from Green Building Store and new Passivhaus Trust
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NewsWilkinson Eyre centre to go ahead
Wilkinson Eyre has won planning for its £30 million landmark sustainability centre in London’s Royal Victoria Docks.
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NewsPRP completes Slough zero-carbon development
PRP Architects has completed one of the country’s largest zero-carbon developments, at Greenwatt Way in Slough, Berkshire.
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NewsPrince book renews attack on profession
Prince Charles has renewed his assault on the architecture profession in a new book which argues that sustainable construction is imperilling the world by ignoring the importance of tradition
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Opinion
I’m going to have to let you go
Everything’s getting dumped faster and faster, and that includes good stuff like Broadgate.
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NewsPractices vie to create sustainable neighbourhood at Royal Docks
Maccreanor Lavington, Jestico & Whiles, Feilden Clegg Bradley, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and PRP Architects are all in the running to design a new sustainable neighbourhood in east London.
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NewsPlanners back Glenn Howells' green transformation for water company
Designs by Glenn Howells Architects to turn an office for water company Severn Trent into a green flagship have been approved by local planners.
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ReviewA round-up of the latest sustainability products
Products used in sustainability projects include in-roof solar panels and construction panels made from straw and recycled paper.
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Building StudyWhite 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.
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FeaturesWill government spending cuts help or hinder sustainable design?
While a survey says cuts are not impacting on tackling sustainability, our experts suggest a positive business case and scaled back government projects are needed.
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NewsEdward Cullinan’s institute for sustainability research
An institute for sustainability research has to lead by example, and Edward Cullinan Architects’ design for the Thames Gateway Institute for Sustainability is expected to do just that by achieving a Breeam Outstanding rating.
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ReviewRecent books on sustainability
RIBA Bookshops’ choice of books this month covers a guide to biodiversity, climate change and the realities of green building.