All Sustainability articles – Page 120
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Features
Esha: Bitumen does its bit
Esha is one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of bitumen products for the construction and civil engineering sector, with ranges running from roofing membranes to waterproofing systems for canals.The company was established more than 75 years ago, and in 2005 became part of the Icopal Group. Here, we take a look ...
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Best of BREEAM
As BREEAM sets forth across the world, assessors have been kept busy at home – and increasingly in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
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Static electricity: attention to climate change
A giant pylon was erected in Birmingham city centre last week to draw attention to the issue of climate change
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The secret square: Bennetts Associates’ New Street Square
It is reached through narrow medieval-style passageways, but could be a blueprint for a sustainable 21st-century City of London
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EU rules may require architects to specify greener materials
Architects will have to take the sustainability of products into account if proposals to replace the Construction Products Directive go ahead.
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Images of EcoStar, the zero-carbon Dubai scheme
Five of the tallest wind turbines in the world places at each point of the star shaped scheme will power the mixed-use development
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Emissions from houses underestimated, survey finds
Nearly half of consumers pick driving and flying as worse than heating a Victorian property
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Hemingway designs bike for first-time buyers
Designer wants developers to offer the Roadrunner bike as an incentive to house buyers
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Government failing on sustainable procurement
Lowest cost approach is thwarting growth of sustainable design and construction says think tank
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BRE to launch new Green Guide
The latest Green Guide to Specification launching on Friday contains 1000 more green specifications and will be online
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Refurb half a million homes by 2013, new group proposes
Coalition calls the Existing Homes Alliance calls for radical action to tackle old stock
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Urban Splash takes a green angle with Lakeshore scheme
Eco-credentials include heat being drawn from the ground, low energy appliances and recycling systems
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Dual-flush WC
Impulse Bathrooms launches a dual-flush WC designed to cut domestic water use in homes by half
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Brad Pitt to design five-star hotel in Dubai
Hollywood star to work with architect GRAFT on sustainable hotel in Middle East
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NHS carbon footprint revealed
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓs account for less than a quarter of health emissions according to new report. Sub metering recommended to reduce footprint
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Giant pylon erected in Birmingham to highlight climate change
The pylon designed by Block Architecture is the centrepiece of the city's climate change festival
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High-performance timber windows
Green ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Store launches the Ecocontract range of timber window for housing associations and developers with large-scale developments
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Heat-pump boiler
Mitsubishi Electric launches a heating system that harnesses energy from the air to provide heat and hot water
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Abu Dhabi plans £1bn solar energy project
Investment by Masdar will focus on 'thin film' photovoltaic technology which is applied to building surfaces
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Comment
Swallow hard
Open mike — Yes, moving to zero-carbon homes is going to be strange at first, but then again we’re living through strange days, says Matt Bell. Pretty soon it will all seem perfectly normal …