All sustainability articles – Page 2
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OpinionEngineering the future: Maximising fresh air flow while optimising energy efficiency
Striking the right balance between passive, active and hybrid ventilation systems requires close collaboration, writes Elisa Sartori
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OpinionCan Birmingham learn from past mistakes by keeping more of its old buildings?
Two separate campaigns to save Birmingham buildings tell the story of how conservation and attitudes to sustainability have evolved in the city, writes Joe Holyoak
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FeaturesYasmeen Lari is a visionary architect for our age – she deserves a Nobel Prize
From conservation to sustainability and humanitarian architecture, Yasmeen Lari has massively expanded the language of architecture, writes Susan Roaf
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OpinionAre you sufficiently prepared for a heatwave summer?
Preparing your house for the next heatwave requires thinking tactically about solar and natural ventilation, before rushing into expensive high-tech fixes, writes Susan Roaf
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from describing everything as sustainable?
We need to start using the term ‘sustainable’ in a more sustainable way, writes Anna Beckett
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OpinionSmall sites: handle with care
Architects have a vital role to play in helping bring small sites forward for development, writes Chloë Phelps
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OpinionWe all have a role to play in building the diverse workforce needed to confront the climate crisis
Mentoring can help build a more diverse workforce that is better placed to confront the sustainability challenge, writes Hero Bennett
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FeaturesCan demolition ever be better than retention?
A 1920s facade’s poor condition left the project team wondering whether it would have been less carbon intensive to knock it down and start again
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OpinionThe M&S Oxford Street inquiry was a clash of world views
We must stop trying to solve our 21st century problems with 20th century thinking, writes Simon Sturgis
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ReviewDesigned to Perform: An Illustrated Guide to Delivering Energy Efficient Homes
Tom Dollard’s book is both a useful technical reference point and an inspiring guide to the future of energy efficient construction, writes Tony McIntyre
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OpinionRetrofit and conserving our architectural heritage can go hand in hand
Efforts to retrofit older homes can run into conservation concerns, writes Joe Holyoak
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OpinionBefore we build millions of new homes, we need to retrofit our social housing stock
Architects need to become advocates for retrofitting old buildings, especially ageing social housing, writes Chloë Phelps
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OpinionWe can no longer afford to ignore the ‘green crap’
David Cameron famously said the UK had other priorities and Rishi Sunak was initially reluctant to travel to COP27. Our leaders really have no choice but to take action on climate change, says Thomas Lane
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OpinionBuy your gran a cosy/cool corner for Christmas
We should focus less on heating and cooling entire buildings, and more on the comfort of the people who occupy them, writes Susan Roaf
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OpinionLet’s start living on this planet as if we intended to stay
The former managing director of Greenpeace, Jonathan Smales, believes that timber holds the key to building sustainable communities
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OpinionThe Elefante in the room
Adaptable buildings are often the most sustainable, so how do we ensure today’s architecture is fit for tomorrow, asks Robert Adam
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OpinionOpen-plan living is dead - bring back the serving hatch!
Open plan spaces are both inflexible and boring, so why not make use of some time-honoured alternatives, writes Chloë Phelps
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OpinionThe net zero challenge: feeling is believing
Forget everything you thought you knew about building design if you want to achieve net zero, writes Susan Roaf
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OpinionOverheating buildings are architects’ responsibility too
It’s time to rethink your attitudes to thermal comfort - if not for the sake of the planet, then for the sake of your insurance premiums, writes Eleanor Jolliffe.
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OpinionThe joy of designing and building appropriately
”Sustainability” is too vague a concept when it comes to the environmental crisis that we are facing. We need to think in terms of “appropriate design” and embrace new procurement models, writes Felix Holland
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