All Climate articles – Page 2
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NewsRIBA urges mass-retrofit programme for interwar housing
Improving 3.3m homes would cost £37.5bn, says institute
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FeaturesHow to design timber buildings that will be insured
An explainer for architects on the insurance industry perspective of mass timber
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NewsMinisters ‘distracted from net zero goals by lockdown parties row’
Backbench MP set to propose bill on reducing embodied carbon in construction projects
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OpinionMasters of the metaverse
RIBA needs to broaden its definition of what it means to be an architect if it wants to welcome back the diaspora, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from ditching brick?
The huge carbon cost of new brick means it’s time to turn to alternatives, such as stone, timber – or even recycled and reclaimed brick, says Anna Beckett
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NewsJan Kattein to transform derelict garages into workspace
Architect wins planning for 35 small units
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FeaturesMax Fordham: Original thinker in a notoriously conservative industry
The pioneering building services engineer’s career path was set while he was still at school - but without a textbook in sight, writes Thomas Lane
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NewsTonkin Liu submits plans for Grosvenor Square
Architect beat starry international shortlist to land Mayfair project for Grosvenor
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NewsArchitects and clients recognised in New Year Honours
Honours for Grimshaw chair and director of Black Females in Architecture
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TechnicalTechnical Study: The Black & White Building by Waugh Thistleton
The Office Group’s first new-build project will be London’s tallest timber office building when it completes next year. And as for the reduction in embodied carbon compared with concrete – well, the numbers speak for themselves. Thomas Lane reports
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MultimediaJargon buster: Heat pumps
Simon Wyatt at Cundall on the pros and cons of replacing gas boilers with heat pumps
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OpinionWhat’s stopping engineers from being more creative?
There are good reasons why we choose the tried and tested, but too often that stifles innovative thinking and the potential for progress, says Anna Beckett
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FeaturesWhy did the government consult us on Part L if it wasn’t going to listen?
The government has largely ignored the advice of built environment professionals in response to its proposed changes to building standards on energy use, says LETI
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NewsAll new buildings must emit a third less carbon, government announces
Building Regs to mandate 30% cut in carbon emissions from new homes and 27% from other buildings from this summer - architects react
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MultimediaListen: Nabers UK explained
The performance gap is a huge challenge, and now there is a system to verify office buildings in use - listen to how it works
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MultimediaListen: Cundall's Simon Wyatt on climate risk and finance
Pressure is growing from investors to design buildings for extreme weather events - do you understand the risks?
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OpinionWhat can we learn from designing for the sacred?
One small Ugandan practice reaches into the past to inform a contemporary monastic complex in the south of the country, writes Ben Flatman
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MultimediaListen: Feilden Fowles and Webb Yates on reusing materials
The final Building Talks… Net Zero podcast visits Fergus Feilden and Edmund Fowles down on their farm | Webb Yates engineers on the barriers to reusing concrete and steel | Simon Wyatt of Cundall on heat pumps
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MultimediaInterview: Maria Smith on the rising tide of greenwash
Post-COP26: ‘I’m just as angry, just as hopeful, just as pessimistic’
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MultimediaListen: Tees Valley mayor on scaling up hydrogen production
Podcast: Also hear from Maria Smith on policies to get us to net zero