All Sustainability articles – Page 33
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Opinion
Consensus cost
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)
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Opinion‘Sustainability’ is a dangerous mirage
Even in Dubai, the language of greenwash is used to distract us from the real design issues
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Tropical storm
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 the tropics, which is responsible for 25% of human-caused CO2 emissions
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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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Opinion
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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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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Opinion
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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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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OpinionLost in the name of sustainability
The demolition of an innovative 19th century steel girder bridge is entirely unnecessary
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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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Opinion
RIBA box ticking
I fail to understand why the RIBA makes it compulsory for practices who want to be chartered to have to have an environmental policy
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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