All Sustainability articles – Page 34
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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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NewsTwo win Welsh low-energy housing competition
Energy-efficient home proposals by HLM and Bere Architects have won the Welsh Passive House architectural competition.
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OpinionIs global warming hot air?
The RIBA must not be blinkered to the increasing evidence against man-made climate change
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News
Farrell favours low-carbon model for Thames Gateway
The Thames Gateway should become a model low-carbon development, Terry Farrell claimed this week.
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NewsBenn to address architects on climate change
Environment Secretary Hilary Benn is to give a speech on climate change at the RIBA next Wednesday, October 28.
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TechnicalLearning by example at the Wise sustainability centre in Wales
The Wales Institute for Sustainable Education not only teaches sustainable building, but will itself be a practical demonstration of techniques.
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OpinionShould unsustainable buildings win major prizes?
Alison Brooks says that outstanding buildings like the Bird’s Nest can adapt to future long-term use, while Paul Hyett argues that sustainability should be a key element of award criteria
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OpinionRIBA active on climate change
I am happy to tell David Nixon (News Analysis July 17) that the RIBA has been anything but waiting for the government to tell it what to do on climate change: the opposite in fact, with some impact
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OpinionIs America leading the way on sustainability?
Yes, thanks to the Leed standard and Obama, says Patrick Bellew, but Gary Lawrence argues that China is making greater strides
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Building StudyStudio MGM’s deep-green living machine
A modest timber-built housing scheme in Bury St Edmunds eschews hi-tech, high-concept sustainability features in favour of practical and imaginative solutions
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TechnicalVacuum insulation panels promise a thinner future
As buildings’ required insulation levels rise, vacuum insulation’s relative thinness could prove invaluable
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TechnicalZed Factory’s Pipe Dream and Cox Bulleid’s Prototype Green Terrace
Two timely projects tackle the critical issues of how best to build sustainable housing — and how to cut its cost
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TechnicalNick Baker Architects’ Fallow Court housing
Nick Baker Architects’ part-buried Fallow Court in north London scheme could point the way to a new form of sustainable urban housing
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Building StudyLandroom's RSPB complex
Landroom’s complex of buildings including a bird hide for the RSPB’s Rainham Marsh site in east London makes a novel use of old shipping containers
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TechnicalThe Eon house and the architecture of climate change
The half a semi-detached house built to 1930s Building Regs and monitored for energy efficiency at the University of Nottingham is an architectural experiment that could benefit millions of British homes
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TechnicalGreen towns still stuck on red
The government’s eco-towns initiative may be ailing, but it has highlighted sustainable ideas such as interseasonal heat storage and biomass CHP, here explored for two proposed developments in the south of England
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TechnicalAquifer thermal energy storage for London’s museum quarter
A radical programme to reduce CO2 emissions, developed by Fulcrum Consulting and the Natural History Museum, has been proposed for London’s museum heartland
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OpinionCan modern architecture be truly sustainable?
Yes, says Hopkins’ MD Bill Taylor, we have no choice but to build sustainably; no, says the Victorian Society director Ian Dungavell, modern architects prefer gadgetry to thermal mass
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TechnicalThe Prince's Foundation's experimental Natural House at the BRE
The Prince’s Foundation’s Natural House is an attempt at cutting domestic carbon and energy inputs by 70% while retaining construction quality
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TechnicalWhy Passivhaus design is worth the money
In the final column in the series, sustainability expert Henrietta Lynch argues that evidence from Germany shows buyers are prepared to pay a premium for more environmentally friendly design