All Housing articles – Page 346
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A dynasty divided
Keith Miller thinks his row with cousin James over shares in the Miller Group can be sorted out over dinner. However, a history of friction between the two suggests it is more likely to end in a food fight.
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The decryptors
More than 800 people registered for ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s online seminar on cracking the Code for Sustainable Homes, and between them they asked 125 questions. Here, our experts tackle some of the queries that there wasn’t time to address on the day.
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Housebuilders to launch code of conduct by Easter
Industry bodies improve accountability to head off OFT inquiry into falling customer satisfaction
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Efficiency of domestic wind turbines called into doubt
Wind turbines attached to houses generate on average one-tenth of the electricity they would in optimal conditions, research has found.
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Developers warn bill gives councils too much power
Planning bill giving councils right to impose tougher eco standards ‘endangers housing delivery’
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With knobs on: Barratt's energy-saving technologies measured
These houses have had all manner of wonderful energy-saving technologies fitted to them by housebuilder Barratt. But are they any good and are they worth spending money on? Barratt asked researchers at Manchester university to find out …
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Homes body to back Callcutt’s big idea
The government’s housing and regeneration super quango will be given a lead role to implement the proposals of last week’s housing delivery review by John Callcutt.
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Eclectic avenue
Linden Homes Southern has won planning permission for The Avenue in Southampton, designed by John Thompson & Partners.
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Brown reveals £9bn plans for Thames Gateway
Prime minister reveals plans to create 225,000 jobs by 2016 at Thames Gateway Forum
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Crest Nicholson picked for Rochester Riverside housing scheme
Housebuilder and BioRegional Quintain are preferred developer for the first 600 homes in Thames Gateway
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Eco-quarter planned for Thames Gateway
Yvette Cooper announces plans for new zero-carbon community and offers householders £15m to green existing homes
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UK Green ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Council urges mandatory rating for Code
Council says current Code for Sustainable Homes leaves new buyers confused
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Morgan Sindall anticipates healthy business for 2008
Construction group reports strong growth in affordable housing division
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London boasts lowest carbon emissions
New league table ranks council areas in terms of average household and vehicle emissions
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Take in the view
Landscaping is set to be the next big thing in sustainable design so Thomas Lane went to BRE’s Innovation Park to see how it should be done
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Nouvel in New York
French architect Jean Nouvel has been appointed to design of a new tower to be built adjacent to the Museum of Modern Arts in New York City.
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Key Keynes site snapped up
One of the largest housing sites in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, has been bought by development venture Making Places for 2,500 homes.
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Gateway plan ‘torn up’ at last minute
Europe’s largest regeneration project has been thrown into confusion after housing minister Yvette Cooper ordered an emergency rewrite of the Thames Gateway plan.
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Cooper u-turn on review of zero-carbon regulations
Minister ‘gives blessing’ to taskforce that will reconsider the status of off-site renewables
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Interview: John Callcutt
John Callcutt’s review of the housebuilding industry has been eagerly awaited, not least because everyone is wondering what else there is to say about it. Well, it turns out there’s plenty – just don’t expect any quick-fix solutions.