All Sustainability articles – Page 7
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News
Government planning reforms ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle climate crisis
Nation’s net zero target should be enshrined in new NPPF, says Green Building Council
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News
Heavyweights back proposals to set legal limits on embodied carbon
Allies & Morrison, FCBS and Arup among firms calling for amendment to Building Regulations
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Features
Time to put cars in their place – underground
The economy needs some big infrastructure projects. How about burying a few roads, asks Steve Webb
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News
Consultation launched on tool to help architects avoid carbon-intensive products
RIBA is among bodies helping draw up emissions database
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News
Making buildings net zero could cost £400bn, government warned
OBR report says total cost of hitting 2050 emissions target could be over £1.4tn across whole economy
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Opinion
A chance for cities to reset their relationship with tourists
After a year without travel, popular destinations are weighing up the cultural and social costs of actively encouraging so many visitors, says David Rudlin
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News
Ministers too ‘timid’ on net zero, climate advisors warn
Major report criticises lack of strategy on reducing aviation and decarbonising buildings
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Opinion
If you ignore net zero you’d better be prepared to pay the cost
We are entering challenging but exciting times, writes Andrew Mellor
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Features
Designing in, with and for diverse communities is key to successful regeneration
Stratford’s time is now, writes Lanre Gbolade in the latest in our Building [Re]Design series
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Opinion
How traditional building crafts could help tackle the climate crisis
Eleanor Jolliffe hears about techniques and materials with low embodied carbon and long lifespans
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News
Poorer households should be given free heat pumps, government told
Open letter signed by 20 bodies calls for better incentives to drive uptake of energy-saving devices
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News
Profession attacks government for failure to address dangerous overheating in homes
Landmark report says 570,000 homes have been built which will overheat since Climate Change Committee first identified the issue
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Technical
Let’s be honest, achieving true net-zero is still a huge challenge
Even with a highly motivated team, RIBA’s 2030 target is little more than an aspiration with less than a decade to go, as Robin Turner demonstrates with this live project
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News
Architects join call for stronger net zero measures in Planning Bill
Host of major practices among signatories critical of government approach
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Features
How green infrastructure can create inclusive, resilient and biodiverse places
In the first of a series of thought leadership pieces that will run alongside our newly launched Building [Re]Design: Stratford Design Challenge, Phil Askew, who led the transformation of the 2012 Olympic Park, considers the power of landscape
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Opinion
The problem of shrinking cities
As the world approaches peak people, what does this mean for our cities, asks David Rudlin
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News
Stride Treglown’s Bristol Passivhaus student accommodation scheme approved
First phase of work to be completed by September 2023
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Opinion
Of politics and pitched roofs
If architects were prepared to let go of the shibboleths of the style wars they might find some unexpected allies, writes David Rudlin
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News
Orms proposes ‘live’ material passports to reduce construction waste
Reusability of materials within existing buildings could be determined by scanning QR codes
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Opinion
We need to talk about the future of the profession
Climate crisis, the Grenfell tragedy and the biggest professional shake-up for 60 years, not to mention a global pandemic and Brexit. Never has it been more critical to shape the way forward. Building Design invites you to join an urgent conversation