All Sustainability articles – Page 33
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Low carbon group launched
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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£10 million pledged for eco-towns
Housing minister John Healey has pledged £10 million to help more councils develop plans for eco-towns.
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NewsSustainability Now conference programme unveiled
A packed programme has been unveiled for the free Sustainability Now virtual conference on December 8 and 9.
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NewsDevelopers warn on zero carbon targets
Britain’s biggest property developers have questioned new carbon emissions targets proposed by the the UK Green Building Council.
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NewsGreen Building Council calls for halving of built environment’s emissions
The UK Green Building Council today called for a 50% cut in carbon emissions from the built environment by 2020.
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NewsRIBA teams up to produce call climate change 'call for action'
The RIBA has joined forces with architecture institutes around the world to deliver a 15 point “call for action” on climate change in Copenhagen next month.
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AnalysisArchitects Brenda and Robert Vale believe sustainability begins at home
Authors of a controversial new book Time to Eat the Dog? argue that much thinking on sustainable living puts too much emphasis on technology while ignoring the true impact of particular lifestyle decisions
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OpinionLost in the name of sustainability
The demolition of an innovative 19th century steel girder bridge is entirely unnecessary
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Opinion
Solid evidence
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, either suggests that BD knows something the rest of us don’t, or BD ...
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Keep a cool head
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 were frightening us with a new ice age, as ...
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OpinionClimate change beyond ‘belief’
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
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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NewsCarbon neutral building ready for Copenhagen summit
Danish practice Christensen & Co has completed work on Denmark’s first carbon neutral public building at the University of Copenhagen.
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NewsMaking the case at Copenhagen
Architects and other built environment professionals will travel to Copenhagen to urge world leaders to recognise the sector’s untapped role in tackling climate change
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NewsGrimshaw to oversee Heathrow expansion
Greenpeace calls third runway scheme ‘the greatest climate change project on the planet’
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OpinionShould we question green orthodoxy?
Readers are split in their responses to last week’s leader calling for a debate on climate change
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Data error
As a professional meteorologist and hydrologist, may I congratulate you on approaching this thorny topic with the proper scientific rigour, which even whilst I was at school, I was taught should provide considered conclusions, which can only be supported by fact
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OpinionThe climate debate isn’t over
Attacking the media for raising questions about global warning only exemplifies how green orthodoxy is stifling legitimate discussion
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Climate debate has moved on
Responding to your leader last week,“Is global warming hot air?”, it is worth reflecting on how the climate change debate has developed