All Sustainability articles – Page 6
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News
Architects welcome government’s gas boiler phase-out
Plan to give homeowners £5,000 grants for heat pumps outlined in long-awaited heat and buildings strategy
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Features
Lay off the plasterboard and cladding
Cutting out the layers can make buildings more sustainable, argues Steve Webb
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Opinion
Watch out for more changes as Building Safety Bill makes progress
The coming months are going to be challenging for anyone with an interest in building safety and regulation. We must be alert to more rapidly changing legislation and guidance, writes Andrew Mellor
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News
Architects urge governments to decarbonise global building codes
RIBA and Architects Declare publish joint report ahead of COP26
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Ministers slated for ‘unacceptable’ delivery of Green Homes Grant
National Audit Office says abandoned £1.5bn domestic retrofit discount scheme will help less than a tenth of the homes originally targeted
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News
National retrofit scheme must give householders clarity, confidence and protection, prime minister warned
Public trust is crucial aspect of retrofitting 29m homes, says alliance of industry and consumers
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News
Revealed: All the 2021 Architect of the Year Award finalists
Winners will be announced at live AYA dinner on October 14
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News
LDA appointed to draw up net zero design codes for RTPI
Farrells, Gbolade Design Studio and Exterior appointed by Southwark for design code trial
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Building Study
Technical study: Cutting 75% of emissions from Powell & Moya’s Wolfson College, Oxford
Embarrassed by being one of the worst carbon culprits in the region, the college set out to be net zero by 2030. Retrofitting 763 windows was just the start of it, finds Thomas Lane
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News
Morris & Co wins approval for hanging gardens in Paddington
Planted balconies will be added to one of the earliest offices to complete in canalside development
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News
Hydrogen could play key role in heating buildings, says government
But much research remains to be done, long-awaited strategy admits
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News
Get carbon-literate, domestic architects urged
‘You have huge opportunity to influence refurb sector,’ says co-founder of ACAN as new campaign launched
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Features
Designers can prevent new homes overheating, so why do we have a problem?
For too long we have lacked legislation to support good design, but the Future Homes Standard offers some hope
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News
Architects urge government to engage over climate emergency
Steve Tompkins calls for ‘collective courage’ to act on IPCC report
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News
Ministers in talks to bring back failed Green Homes Grant retrofit scheme
Business secretary admits the scrapped £2bn programme had been ‘problematic’
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News
Arb tells schools to put fire safety and sustainability on curriculum from September
Interim guidance comes ahead of major review of education planned for the autumn
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Opinion
What does the decision to scrap EWS1 forms for some buildings mean?
Expect a period of limbo while owners wait for more government guidance – and for insurers to respond, writes Andrew Mellor
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News
C20 urges listing of Hopkins’ Inland Revenue office to save it from residential conversion
Pioneering nineties landmark inspired a generation of architects and engineers
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News
Expect heat and building strategy ‘within weeks’, says government net zero champion
Report’s delay caused by row over funding