All Sustainability articles – Page 14
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AnalysisCustom build: Give us the tools
Once trumpeted as a way of raising housing output by as many as 50,000 homes a year, custom build was responsible for barely a fifth of that figure last year. So what’s the hold-up and can anything be done to reinvigorate the market?
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OpinionWould the loss of Sainsbury’s eco-store be a blow for sustainability?
The building’s architect Paul Hinkin argues for preservation, but Robert Park says the idea of sustainability is changing
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NewsPhoto gallery: Ecobuild 2014
Ecobuild 2014 took place at the Excel centre in London this week. Here are some images from the event
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NewsFoster's partner attacks 'lazy' builders
Ecobuild latest: Industry could be much better at recycling, says Gerard Evenden
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MultimediaEcobuild video: Ed Davey
Energy secretary talks about improvements to the Green Deal finance plan and the target to upgrade one million homes
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NewsJoseph Rykwert: 'Build more affordable housing in London'
Ecobuild latest: RIBA Gold Medallist says capital has too much luxury housing
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NewsGreen Deal boost announced at Ecobuild
Ecobuild latest: The government unveils £19 million boost for the Green Deal
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NewsSkills shortage blamed for energy ‘performance gap’
Ecobuild latest: Zero Carbon Hub report examines reasons why buildings fail to achieve expected energy levels
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NewsStudy looks into benefits of green offices
World Green Building Council launches study to measure the health and productivity benefits of sustainable office buildings
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AnalysisOn the waterfront: Royal Docks green design competition
Ecobuild and the Landscape Institute launched a competition for ideas on how to turn the Royal Docks into a green infrastructure space for east London. Thomas Lane reports on some of the top proposals
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Building StudyLondon's concrete quarter
The transformation of King’s Cross includes some of the UK’s most sustainable office buildings - and concrete is key to all of them
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NewsAudacious listing bid to save 1999 eco-supermarket
Millennium Sainsbury’s would become UK’s youngest listed building
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TechnicalZero-energy school by Mikou Design Studio
Sustainable French school generates all its energy on site
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TechnicalLow-energy office building in Austria by Baumschlager Eberle
Architect Baumschlager Eberle has simplified its 2226 Lustenau office building in order to maximise energy savings
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Building StudyThe Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation by Malcolm Fraser Architects
Transformation of Edinburgh’s 18th century Old High School required a deft touch and awareness of the need to deliver a low carbon building
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NewsMalcolm Fraser Architects achieves first Breeam Outstanding refurbishment of a listed building
Centre for Carbon Innovation opened in Edinburgh listed building earlier this year